Pinched has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of pinch
Adjective
1
sounding as if the nose were pinched
"a whining nasal voice"
2
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
"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"
3
not having enough money to pay for necessities
4
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
"her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
5
Very thin, as if drawn together
Example Sentences
"a whining nasal voice"
adjective
"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
adjective
"eyes were haggard and cavernous"
adjective
"small pinched faces"
adjective
"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
adjective
"her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
adjective