pinched
/pɪntʃt
/adjective
1Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger: her pinched, sallow face...
- Her usually rosy cheeks were now pinched and deathly pale.
- Nathan was tall, with a pale, pinched face, and David was shorter and almost stocky, with a tan and brownish hair.
- There were bags under her eyes, and her face was pale and pinched looking.
Synonyms
strained, stressed, fraught, tense, taut, tired, worn, drained, sapped;
wan, peaky, pale, pallid, pasty, pasty-faced, colourless, anaemic, washed out, ashen, ashen-faced, grey, blanched;
thin, drawn, haggard, gaunt, wizened, cadaverous, hollow-cheeked, hollow-eyed, emaciated
2Suffering from financial hardship.Its atmosphere is nonetheless bleak, evoking cold gray skies and a pinched existence in a slum area of town, with the ever-present fear of discrimination.