Unscramble pinched

Definition of pinched

adjective:

• sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice". Synonyms: adenoidal, nasal.
• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands", "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys", "eyes were haggard and cavernous", "small pinched faces", "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration". Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted.
• not having enough money to pay for necessities. Synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious.
• as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her".

verb:

• squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind", "She squeezed the bottle". Synonyms: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch.
• make ridges into by pinching together. Synonyms: crimp, pinch.
• make off with belongings of others. Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe.
• cut the top off; "top trees and bushes". Synonyms: pinch, top.
• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth", "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back". Synonyms: pinch, vellicate.

Related words

flute, goose, tail, tweak.

Words nearby

pinche, pitched.

Rhymes with

clinched.