All pinched synonyms
pinch
P p adj pinched
- lank β (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
- featherweight β a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- claustrophobic β You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- dirt poor β lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.
- destitute β Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- flat broke β having no money
- atrophied β exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- malnourished β poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- cliched β If you describe something as clichΓ©d, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- in-solvent β not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- drawn β past participle of draw.
- beggared β a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- moneyless β any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- necessitous β destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- fagged β to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out): The long climb fagged us out.
- linear β of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- beanstalk β the stem of a bean plant
- careworn β A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- gaunt β extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- hollow-eyed β having sunken eyes.
- haggard β having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
verb pinched
- copped β to catch; nab.
- nabbed β to arrest or capture.
- extorted β Simple past tense and past participle of extort.
- defalcated β Simple past tense and past participle of defalcate.
- apperceived β Simple past tense and past participle of apperceive.
- ferreted β Simple past tense and past participle of ferret.
- grudged β a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
- housebroke β Simple past form of housebreak.
- griped β Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
adjective pinched
- incapacious β Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- emaciated β Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- weedy β full of or abounding in weeds.
- fleshless β Without flesh, lacking flesh.
- worn β past participle of wear.
- fortuneless β Unlucky, unfortunate.
- hungering β Present participle of hunger.