starving

Speech parts

1. starving - Noun

2. starving - Verb

4. starving - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Starve

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

starvation starved haggard peaky drawn thin empty dying famine hollow hunger hungry fasting impoverished appetite
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Antonyms

full strong fed feed fat satisfied
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Hypernyms

privation deprivation

Phrases with the word

starving to death starving man starving person be starving

Examples

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing the body can use. Andrea Dworkin

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. E. O. Wilson

The starving man will never burn his bread. Croatian Proverb

To a starving man bread is sweeter than honey. Lithuanian Proverb

A starving crocodile is never pleasant. Madagascan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

starveling starven starver starving artist starving man starving person