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Pinched

🔄 Synonyms of "Pinched"

20 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
haggardnoun	Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
leanverb	(intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
highnoun	Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
penurious	Impoverished; wanting for money.
thinverb	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
emaciated	Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
cadaverous	Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
impecunious	Lacking money.
poornoun	With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
wasted	(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
constricted	Narrowed, especially by application of pressure, drawn together by constriction.
skeletalnoun	of, or relating to the skeleton
bonynoun	With little flesh; skinny, thin.
high-pitched	Of a sound, having a high pitch.
adenoidal	(of a voice) Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
hard upverb	(colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
penniless	Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
nasalnoun	(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
in straitened circumstances	—
gauntnoun	Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
thinverb	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
emaciated	Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
gauntnoun	Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
haggardnoun	Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
wasted	(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
leanverb	(intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
hard upverb	(colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
penurious	Impoverished; wanting for money.
skeletalnoun	of, or relating to the skeleton
poornoun	With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
highnoun	Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
cadaverous	Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
high-pitched	Of a sound, having a high pitch.
penniless	Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
impecunious	Lacking money.
bonynoun	With little flesh; skinny, thin.
adenoidal	(of a voice) Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
nasalnoun	(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
constricted	Narrowed, especially by application of pressure, drawn together by constriction.
in straitened circumstances	—