starved

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adjective

1. suffering from lack of food (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
starving
• Similar to:
malnourished
2. extremely hungry
- they were tired and famished for food and sleep
- a ravenous boy
- the family was starved and ragged
- fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
• Syn:
famished, ravenous, sharp-set, esurient
• Similar to:
hungry
• Derivationally related forms:
esurience (for: esurient), ravenousness (for: ravenous)