starved

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English

Definitions

verb

To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
To be very hungry.“Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?”
To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.

adjective

Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
(by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
Extremely hungry.“I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast.”

Related words

Synonyms

malnourished famished hungry sharp-set esurient ravenous deprived closed underfed voracious gaunt skeletal emaciated unfed famishing peckish

Associated

classicism haploid tortured famine submission exhaustion malnutrition starvation affection abused hunger

Rhymes

carved artcarved

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