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more starving

ADJECTIVE

deprived of food

Synonyms

WEAK

could eat a horse craving dehydrated drawn dying emaciated empty faint famished haggard hungering hungry malnourished peaked peckish perishing pinched ravenous skinny thin underfed undernourished weakened

Antonyms

WEAK

fed full satisfied

ADJECTIVE

deprived

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dehydrated dying emaciated hungry malnourished undernourished

STRONG

craving drawn empty faint famished haggard hungering peaked perishing pinched skinny starved thin weakened

WEAK

dog-hungry flying light have munchies peaky peckish rattleboned ravenous underfed

Antonyms

STRONG

fat full healthy heavy sated satisfied strong thick

WEAK

satiated

Example Sentences

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But many more starving children arrive every day, and the entire health system is crumbling.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Aid officials believe many more starving children remain unseen and in need, with families unable to bring them through fighting and checkpoints for care.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

"Hundreds and thousands of desperate people knock on our doors seeking support. There are scores more starving in their homes, foregoing food for days on end."

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2022

This bear scare may be short-lived, but as polar ice continues to recede, more and more starving polar bears will wander beyond their regular habitat and into human territory.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2019

Perhaps they would wear out all their last strength only to find more starving people and these strangers to them as well.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck