1. (adj) adenoidal, pinched, nasal
sounding as if the nose were pinched
Synonyms: wasted, bony, in straitened circumstances(p), haggard, hard up, penurious, skeletal, emaciated, impecunious, adenoidal, penniless, cadaverous, gaunt, nasal, pinched, rhinal Antonyms: low, fat, low-pitched, unconstricted, rich
2. (adj) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Synonyms: pinched, haggard, atrophied, in straitened circumstances(p), boney, osteal, diminished, drawn, nasal, senseless, gaunt, adenoidal, squandered, purposeless, penurious, hard up, otiose, penniless, osseous, superfluous, skeletal, cadaveric, cadaverous, careworn, wasted, raddled, bony, impecunious, worn, emaciated, pointless Antonyms: rich, low, unconstricted, low-pitched, fat
3. (adj) hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Antonyms: unconstricted, low, rich, fat, low-pitched
4. (adj) pinched
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
Synonyms: wasted, bony, in straitened circumstances(p), haggard, hard up, penurious, skeletal, emaciated, impecunious, adenoidal, penniless, cadaverous, gaunt, nasal Antonyms: low-pitched, low, rich, fat, unconstricted
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