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.