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(satellite adjective) as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her" |
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(satellite adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice" |
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Synonyms: adenoidal, nasal |
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(satellite adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "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" |
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Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted |
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(satellite adjective) not having enough money to pay for necessities |
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Synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious |
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