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Synonyms for pinched

  • adjective

Most common

straitened moneyless penurious necessitous haggard cadaverous reduced constricted

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Poor

poor, hard up, impoverished, penniless, straitened, distressed, needy, impecunious, destitute, indigent, moneyless, penurious, necessitous, strapped, poverty-stricken, bankrupt, stony

2. Gaunt

gaunt, thin, wasted, haggard, emaciated, lean, skeletal, cadaverous, skinny

3. Nasal

nasal, adenoidal

Other

constricted, reduced, narrow, out-of-pocket

Antonyms

rich, well-off, well-heeled

All antonyms of pinched →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very thin, as if drawn together.

  2. adj. 2

    Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.

  3. adj. 3

    Financially hurt or damaged.

Example sentences

  • straitened Mary grew up in straitened circumstances.
  • moneyless The "moneyless society" became centuries-old fantasy.
  • haggard Lone lions, alas, always end up being hunted and haggard.
  • cadaverous That cadaverous smell almost made me vomit.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pinchedrising
straitenedsteady
moneylesssteady
penurioussteady
necessitousfalling
haggardrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
poor1, thin1, lean1
5 letters
needy2, nasal2, stony2, gaunt1
6 letters
narrow2, wasted2, skinny2
7 letters
reduced2, haggard2
8 letters
bankrupt2, strapped1, skeletal3, indigent3
9 letters
destitute3, penniless3, emaciated5, moneyless3, penurious4, adenoidal
10 letters
distressed2, straitened, cadaverous
11 letters
constricted3, impecunious, necessitous
12 letters
impoverished3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needy2 = 2 syllables).