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- Dictionarypinched/pɪn(t)ʃt/
adjective
- 1. tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger: "her pinched, sallow face"
- 2. suffering from financial hardship.
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Pinched means thin and pale, or narrow, especially of a face or clothing. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.
- English (US)
PINCHED meaning: 1. A pinched face is thin and pale: 2. A...
- Pinched: Polish Translation
PINCHED translate: wychudły, ściągnięty, ściągnięty. Learn...
- Pinched: Danish Translation
pinched - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Pinched: German Translation
PINCHED translate: abgehärmt. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Pinched: French Translation
pinched translate: aux traits tirés. Learn more in the...
- Pinched Spanish Translation
PINCHED translate: con la cara pálida. Learn more in the...
- Pinched: Czech Translation
pinched - translate into Czech with the English-Czech...
- Znaczenie Pinched, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
pinched definicja: 1. A pinched face is thin and pale: 2. A...
- English (US)
Pinch can be a verb, noun, or adjective with different meanings. As a verb, it can mean to squeeze, prune, steal, or arrest. As a noun, it can mean a critical time, a small amount, or a theft. As an adjective, it can mean substitute or hit by a pinch.
Pinch means to press something or someone strongly between two hard things, usually causing pain. It can also mean to steal something or a small amount of something. Learn more about the verb and noun forms, idioms and related words.
Pinched can mean to squeeze, press, or nip something or someone, or to be thin and pale. It can also be an adjective for a small amount or a noun for a theft or an emergency situation.
verb (used with object) to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like. to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: The crowd pinched him into a corner.
Pinched means thin and pale, usually because of illness or old age, or deprived of something. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences with synonyms and related terms.
adjective. not having enough money to pay for necessities. synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious. poor. having little money or few possessions. adjective. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. “small pinched faces” synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted.