He had the appearance of being half-starved.
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Half-starved
Synonyms for "half-starved" (29 found)
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Sample sentences
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He was dirty and ugly, half-frozen and half-starved; he always looked as if he never had enough to eat, which was really the case.
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The step-mother was very cruel to the twins, and beat them, and half-starved them, and constantly drove them out of the house.
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