| ADJECTIVE | all | pinched, adenoidal, nasal | sounding as if the nose were pinched |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | pinched, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | |
| all | pinched, hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious | not having enough money to pay for necessities | |
| all | pinched | as if squeezed uncomfortably tight |
| Sounds | pih'ncht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | clinched | |
| Meaning | sounding as if the nose were pinched. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | adenoidal, nasal | |
| Broader | high, high-pitched | Used of sounds and voices |
| Spanish | nasal | |
| Catalan | nasal | |
| Meaning | Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "small pinched faces" | |
| Synonyms | cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted | |
| Broader | thin, lean | lacking excess flesh |
| Spanish | cadavérico, chupado, consumido, delgaducho, demacrada, demacrado, descarnado, enclenque, enjuto, escuálido, esquelético, huesudo, macilenta, macilento, raquítico, seco | |
| Catalan | cadavèric, consumit, demacrat, descarnat, escanyolit, escarransit, esquelètic, magre, ossut, raquític, ressec, sec, xuclat | |
| Meaning | not having enough money to pay for necessities. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious | |
| Broader | poor | Having little money or few possessions |
| Spanish | menesteroso, necesitado, pelado, pobre | |
| Catalan | necessitat, pelat, pobre, que no té diners | |
| Meaning | As if squeezed uncomfortably tight. | |
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| Example | "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her" | |
| Broader | constricted | Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically |
| Spanish | apretado, constreñido | |
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