pinched
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pinched
verb
- simple past and past participle of pinch
adjective more pinched · most pinched
- Very thin, as if drawn together. Want of food was my chief trouble the first summer at my old master's. Oysters and clams would do very well, with an occasional supply of bread, but they soon failed in the absence of bread. I speak but the simple truth, when I say, I have often been so pinched with hunger, that I have fought with t
- Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
- Financially hurt or damaged.
- Compressed. If your sport makes you prone to violent neck motions, you are at risk for a pinched nerve. A pinched nerve occurs when a cervical disc ruptures, and the jellylike material from inside the disc presses on a nerve.
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Closest in meaning: thin, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, wasted, lean, hard up, penurious, skeletal, poor, high, cadaverous, high-pitched, penniless, impecunious, bony
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adj thin faced due to cold
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Talk about this word "pinched." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pinched. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pinched. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pinched "pinched." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pinched.Cite this
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title = {pinched},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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