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
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “starving” as a noun can have the following definitions:
starvation | The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine. They were charged with the starvation of children in their care. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “starving” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
deprived of food | Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences. |
dying from lack of food | Eagerly desirous. |
dying of hunger | Eagerly desirous. |
faint from lack of food | Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc. |
malnourished | Not being provided with adequate nourishment. |
starved | Suffering from lack of food. The family was starved and ragged. |
undernourished | Having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition. Badly undernourished. |
unfed | Not given support. A grudge that remained unfed. |
appetite | A feeling of craving something. An appetite for life. |
craving | An intense desire for some particular thing. A craving for chocolate. |
desperate | Desperately determined. There is a desperate shortage of teachers. |
eat | Eat a meal take a meal. OK Linley what s eating you. |
empty | A bottle or glass left empty of its contents. An empty room. |
famish | Die of food deprivation. Many famished in the countryside during the drought. |
famished | Extremely hungry. I m famished is there anything to eat. |
fasting | Abstaining from food. |
glutton | A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess. He s a glutton for adventure. |
gluttonous | Excessively greedy. A gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure. |
hunger | Feel 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. |
impecunious | Having little or no money. A titled but impecunious family. |
malnourished | Not being provided with adequate nourishment. |
orphan | Make 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. |
poverty | The 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. |
repletion | Eating until excessively full. |
satiety | The feeling or state of being sated. A molecule that seems to regulate satiety. |
skinny | A pair of skinny jeans or trousers. In the winter I live in skinny jeans and boots. |
starve | Deprive of a necessity and cause suffering. Seven million starved to death. |
stomach | Any of a number of organs analogous to the stomach in lower animals. She doesn t have the stomach to eat anything. |
tantalize | Torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable. She still tantalized him. |
thirst | Have 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. |
underweight | Being 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. |
unquenchable | Impossible to quench. Unquenchable thirst. |
voracious | Excessively greedy and grasping. Voracious sharks. |
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