🤏 Able to be pinched 😊 So cute to pinch

pinchable

1 5.1

So cute that people want to squeeze someone's cheek

adjective
/ˈpɪnʧəbl/

Informal

: adorable

Those pinchable dimples always appear when she laughs.

Examples

The puppy's pinchable ears made everyone smile at the animal shelter.
His niece has the most pinchable cheeks you have ever seen.
That baby is so pinchable!
Her cheeks look pinchable and rosy.
The baby has such pinchable cheeks that everyone wants to squeeze them.
Her cat has pinchable paws that look too cute to resist.
Those pinchable baby thighs made me want to hug her tightly.

Synonyms

huggable

vspinchable

3 1.1

Soft, warm, and cute so you want to hug it

is cute in a way that invites a small playful cheek squeeze

Antonyms

repulsive

59 5.5

Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell

unattractive

37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

How Cute

irresistible

88 3.8

adorable

280 1.0

pinchable

Informal

1 5.1

cute

∞ 1.0

plain

50 2.5

Surface Forms

pinchable positive

Morphology

pinchable = pinch (semi-transparent) = pinch + able

Built from 'pinch' + '-able' but used idiomatically to express an emotive reaction ('so cute one wants to pinch'), adding pragmatic nuance beyond the literal capability.

Etymology

Pinchable comes from pinch ('to squeeze between the finger and thumb') and -able ('able to be'), and it describes someone or something that is 'so cute you want to pinch', like a baby’s cheek when people smile at its cuteness.