pinched

pinched is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Pinch. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. past tense & past participle. of Pinch
2. adjective. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

   "emaciated bony hands"

   "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"

   Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted

3. adjective. sounding as if the nose were pinched

   "a whining nasal voice"

   Synonyms: adenoidal, nasal

4. adjective. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight

   "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"

5. adjective. not having enough money to pay for necessities

   Synonyms: impecunious, penniless, penurious

Synonyms

bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted, adenoidal, nasal, impecunious, penniless, penurious

Common word forms

pinch, pinche, pinchedly, pinchedness

Words from these letters

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