Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: pinched
IPA transcription: [p'ɪntʃt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: adenoidal, pinched, nasal
    Meaning: sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice"
  • Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • She pinched Eric's arm with all her strength.
  • "And if you only pinched him?" queried Sylvie.
  • But in spite of him it transformed every line of the pinched and worn face.
  • As time went on, her face became pinched, and her eyes dull with watching and crying.
  • She was the color of pale earth, with a pinched nose, and a mere slit in her face for a mouth.
  • The flame was extinguished as the flame of a candle is pinched out between thumb and forefinger.
  • "I wouldn't like to be the grandchild of a pinched grandfather, would you, Mister Sir?" Bruno whispered.
  • Girl after girl came to the tribune--over-dressed, fashion-aping little girls, with pinched faces and leaky shoes.
  • She pinched her waist, dyed her hair, powdered her face, and affected juvenile dress of the white frock and blue sash kind.
  • Lanyard gently pinched the small end of a cigar, dipped it into his coffee, and lighted it with not so much as a suspicion of tremor.