Synonyms for Pinched (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (not having enough money to pay for necessities):
impecunious, penniless, penurious, hard up, in straitened circumstances
WordNet sense 2 (having little money or few possessions):
poor
WordNet sense 3 (drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically):
constricted
WordNet sense 4 (sounding as if the nose were pinched):
adenoidal, nasal
WordNet sense 5 (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency):
high, high-pitched
WordNet sense 6 (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold):
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
WordNet sense 7 (lacking excess flesh):
lean
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