Starvation

/stɑɹˈveɪʃən/

Synonyms for "starvation" (97 found)

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Closest matches (20)

absence abstemious abstinenceabstinence from foodascetic asphyxiation austere beggary choke choking defectiveness deficiency deficit deprivation destitution drought drowning dwarfed

Noun(2 words)

denial deprivation

Strong matches (29)

dwarfish exiguous famine fasting frugal imperfection impoverished impoverishment incompleteness jejune killing lack lean lenten limitedliver deathmeager mean megadeath miserly

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narrow need

Noun(6 words)

famine famines famishment hunger hungers malnutrition

Verb(1 words)

famishing

Related words (48)

niggardly omission paltry parsimonious poorpunishment of tantaluspunyrestriction of intakescant scanty scrawny scrimp scrimpyserum deathshortage shortcoming shortfall skimp skimpy slender

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slight slim small smotheration smothering spare sparing spartan stingy stinted straitened strangling strangulation stunted subsistence suffocation thin unnourishing unnutritiousviolent deathwant wantage watered waterywatery grave

Determiner(1 words)

no food

Noun(2 words)

starving starvings

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More general

7 entries

action condition deprivation hunger hungriness privation state

More specific

4 entries

acute starvationchronic starvationintentional starvationsystematic starvation

Collocations

6 entries

childhood starvationchronic starvationglobal starvationrisk of starvationsevere starvationstarvation rate

Inflections

1 entries

starvations

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.

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The poor cat was on the verge of starvation.

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The poor child was on the verge of starvation.

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Many children die of starvation in Africa.

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