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View usage for: (pɪntʃt) adjectiveIf someone's face is pinched, it looks thin and pale, usually because they are ill or old. Her face was pinched and drawn. She was a small, silent woman with pinched features and thin hair. Synonyms: thin, starved, worn, drawn More Synonyms of pinched pinched in British English (pɪntʃt) adjective1. (of someone's face) thin and pale, usually because of illness or old age Her face was pinched and drawn. She was a small woman with pinched features. 2. deprived they lived in pinched circumstances Many candidates were pinched for campaign funds. The town's a little pinched for money. The car was pinched for rear seat passenger space. Examples of 'pinched' in a sentencepinched He wore a long-sleeved white shirt with cuffs pinched by heavy gold studs, no tie, his neck at his throat ageing him.His nostrils flared slightly and he pinched the end of his nose. a small, thin woman with pinched features Synonyms Opposites fat , healthy , glowing , blooming , plump , radiant , chubby , ruddy , well-fed , hale and hearty Additional synonymsDefinition showing signs of stress or worry Their faces look old and careworn. Synonyms stressed, drawn, strained, anxious, distraught, haggard, overburdened, heavy-laden Definition haggard, tired, or tense in appearance She looked drawn and tired. Synonyms tense, worn, strained, stressed, tired, pinched, fatigued, harassed, fraught, sapped, harrowed, haggardDefinition bony and emaciated in appearance Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about. Synonyms thin, lean, skinny, skeletal, wasted, drawn, spare, pinched, angular, bony, lanky, haggard, emaciated, scrawny, skin and bone, scraggy, cadaverous, rawboned, macilent (rare) - pin something down
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Additional synonymsDefinition looking tired and ill He was pale and a bit haggard. Synonyms gaunt, wasted, drawn, thin, pinched, wrinkled, ghastly, wan, emaciated, shrunken, careworn, hollow-eyed Definition pale and sickly Are you feeling all right? You look a little peaky. Synonyms off colour, poorly (informal), ill, sick, pale, crook (Australian, New Zealand, informal), pinched, wan, sickly, unwell, emaciated, under the weather (informal), in poor shape, like death warmed up (informal), green about the gills, peelie-wally (Scottish) Definition looking tired and ill A sudden smile lit up his worn face. Synonyms haggard, lined, drawn, pinched, wizened, careworn |