Antonyms for pinching
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pinch |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɪntʃ |
Definition of pinching
Origin :- early 13c., from Old North French *pinchier "to pinch, squeeze, nip; steal" (Old French pincier, Modern French pincer), of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *punctiare "to pierce," which might be a blend of Latin punctum "point" + *piccare "to pierce." Meaning "to steal" in English is from 1650s. Sense of "to be stingy" is recorded from early 14c. Related: Pinched; pinching.
- adj stingy
- There was a red patch on each of his old soft cheeks as if somebody had been pinching them.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- "I have not heard," said she, pinching her lips, and speaking with a forced composure.
- Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever
- "I'm the one who's to blame for all the carrots," pinching Gyp's cheek.
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
- Pinching your finger in the crack of a door on the hinge side.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- Maxwell secured them by pinching his own ear or by squeezing the arm of his neighbor.
- Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
- These marks were all raised, and done, I suppose, by pinching up the skin.
- Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards
- The boys pet him, and by pinching him have taught him to bite.
- Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
- He never dreamed of squeezing the plump arm or pinching the smooth cheek.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- "So that is the way the wind blows," said her father, pinching her cheek and laughing.
- Extract from : « The Tory Maid » by Herbert Baird Stimpson
- Viola, pinching her sleeve about her wrist, looked up roguishly.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
Synonyms for pinching
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- chary
- cheap
- chintzy
- churlish
- close
- close-fisted
- costive
- covetous
- curmudgeonly
- economical
- extortionate
- frugal
- grasping
- greedy
- grudging
- hard-fisted
- ignoble
- illiberal
- ironfisted
- mean
- miserly
- narrow
- near
- niggard
- niggardly
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- pennywise
- penurious
- petty
- pinchpenny
- rapacious
- saving
- scrimping
- scurvy
- selfish
- skimping
- sordid
- sparing
- thrifty
- tight
- tightfisted
- uncharitable
- ungenerous
- ungiving
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