pinched
adjective
1. sounding as if the nose were pinched
Similar word(s): high, adenoidal, nasal
2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- small pinched faces
Similar word(s): lean, thin, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
3. not having enough money to pay for necessities
Similar word(s): poor, impecunious, penniless, penurious
4. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
- her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
Similar word(s): constricted
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of pinch