adj, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of starve form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
2. 2
   Deprived of nourishment or of something vital. broadly

   "Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake."

3. 3
   Extremely hungry. colloquial, emphatic, excessive

   "I’m starved! I haven’t eaten since breakfast."

Adjective

1. 1
   extremely hungry wordnet
2. 2
   suffering from lack of food wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

starvingaching forattenuatedbare handedbare-handedbeggarly

Antonyms

All antonyms

obese

Example

More examples

"Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death."

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