STARVING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STARVING?

Need another word that means the same as “starving”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “starving” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Starving” are: starved, dying of hunger, dying from lack of food, faint from lack of food, deprived of food, undernourished, malnourished, unfed, starvation

Starving as a Noun

Definitions of "Starving" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “starving” as a noun can have the following definitions:

  • The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine.

Synonyms of "Starving" as a noun (1 Word)

starvationThe act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine.
They were charged with the starvation of children in their care.

Starving as an Adjective

Definitions of "Starving" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “starving” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

  • Suffering or dying from hunger.
  • Suffering from lack of food.

Synonyms of "Starving" as an adjective (8 Words)

deprived of foodMarked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences.
dying from lack of foodEagerly desirous.
dying of hungerEagerly desirous.
faint from lack of foodDeficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc.
malnourishedNot being provided with adequate nourishment.
starvedSuffering from lack of food.
The family was starved and ragged.
undernourishedHaving insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.
Badly undernourished.
unfedNot given support.
A grudge that remained unfed.

Usage Examples of "Starving" as an adjective

  • The world's starving children.

Associations of "Starving" (30 Words)

appetiteA feeling of craving something.
An appetite for life.
cravingAn intense desire for some particular thing.
A craving for chocolate.
desperateDesperately determined.
There is a desperate shortage of teachers.
eatEat a meal take a meal.
OK Linley what s eating you.
emptyA bottle or glass left empty of its contents.
An empty room.
famishDie of food deprivation.
Many famished in the countryside during the drought.
famishedExtremely hungry.
I m famished is there anything to eat.
fastingAbstaining from food.
gluttonA person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
He s a glutton for adventure.
gluttonousExcessively greedy.
A gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure.
hungerFeel or suffer hunger.
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights he afterwards hungered.
hungry(usually followed by `for’) extremely desirous.
I always find art galleries hungry work.
impecuniousHaving little or no money.
A titled but impecunious family.
malnourishedNot being provided with adequate nourishment.
orphanMake a child an orphan.
He was left an orphan as a small boy.
penniless(of a person) having no money; very poor.
A penniless young student.
povertyThe state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount.
The poverty of her imagination.
ravenous(of hunger or need) very great; voracious.
A ravenous appetite.
repletionEating until excessively full.
satietyThe feeling or state of being sated.
A molecule that seems to regulate satiety.
skinnyA pair of skinny jeans or trousers.
In the winter I live in skinny jeans and boots.
starveDeprive of a necessity and cause suffering.
Seven million starved to death.
stomachAny of a number of organs analogous to the stomach in lower animals.
She doesn t have the stomach to eat anything.
tantalizeTorment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.
She still tantalized him.
thirstHave a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
He is oblivious to all the thirst around him.
thirsty(usually followed by `for’) extremely desirous.
Thirsty towels.
underweightBeing very thin.
We feared the hot air balloon had been underweighted.
unhealthy(of a person’s attitude or behaviour) not sensible or well balanced.
An unhealthy climate.
unquenchableImpossible to quench.
Unquenchable thirst.
voraciousExcessively greedy and grasping.
Voracious sharks.

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