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pinched

  • adjective

Very thin, as if drawn together.

Other meanings

  1. tense and pale from cold, worry or hunger.

  2. Financially hurt or damaged.

Synonyms

  • skeletal
  • wasted

Related words

  • pinchedly
  • pinchedness
  • unpinched

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pinched” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.