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In some senses, scrinchy is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
scrinchy
adj 3
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4ADJ.
easy
VERB + SCRINCHY
don't, making
SCRINCHY + NOUN
father, lisa, thing
ADV.
again, then
Definitions
adj
1
scrunchy; creased or wrinkled
The bright-browed man chuckled, then did his scrinchy eyeball thing again.
She is making that scrinchy face again […]
2
stingy, miserly
And to me alone he said, "Just meeting the taxes ain't easy." "Don't be scrinchy, Father," Lisa said. "Momma needs for that stone to be there."
3
poky, small, cramped
Jonathan's dad, Tom, lives in this scrinchy, little farmhouse in the country, lives here with his two monster hounds, who lie now sleeping at Ruby's feet.
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The bright-browed man chuckled, then did his scrinchy eyeball thing again.
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She is making that scrinchy face again […]
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And to me alone he said, "Just meeting the taxes ain't easy." "Don't be scrinchy, Father," Lisa said. "Momma needs for that stone to be there."
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