pinched
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
sounding as if the nose were pinched
a whining nasal voice
Related & opposite
- nasality derivation
- nasal derivation
- high-pitched similar to
Sense 2 adjective
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
emaciated bony hands
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Related & opposite
- pauperization derivation
- penuriousness derivation
- poor similar to
Sense 4 adjective
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
Related & opposite
- constricted similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nasality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nasal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | high-pitched |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bonyness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lean |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pauperization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | penuriousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | poor |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | constricted |