Starving

/ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/

Synonyms for "starving" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(6 words)
bare handedbeggarlyemptyempty handed

Strong matches (14)

Related words (24)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

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More specific

17 entries
acute hungerchronic hungercravedesperatedie of hungereagerfamine victimsintentional deprivationmalnourishedmass starvationrefugee camp residentsrural poorsiege starvationstarve to deathstarvedundernourished

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Collocations

12 entries
starving artiststarving childrenstarving communitiesstarving familiesstarving for datastarving for evidencestarving for resourcesstarving individualsstarving populationstarving refugeesstarving studentstarving voters

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

5 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm starving!

Source: tatoeba (1754)

Provide starving people with food.

Source: tatoeba (20083)

I gasped with surprise at the horrible picture of the starving people.

Source: tatoeba (20085)

I'd been on my own all week and was starving for conversation.

Source: tatoeba (27739)

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