starved to death

ADJECTIVE

famished

Synonyms

STRONG

empty hollow hungering ravening starved

WEAK

could eat a horse dog-hungry flying light having the munchies hungry ravenous voracious

Antonyms

STRONG

full

WEAK

sated satiated satisfied

ADJECTIVE

ravenous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ferocious greedy insatiable rapacious voracious

WEAK

avaricious could eat a horse covetous devouring edacious empty famished gluttonous grasping insatiate omnivorous predatory ravening starved starving wolfish

Antonyms

STRONGEST

satisfied

WEAK

full

ADJECTIVE

unappeasable

Synonyms

WEAK

avid covetous devouring dog-hungry edacious empty gluttonous gorging grasping greedy gross insatiable omnivorous piggy prodigious rapacious ravening ravenous sating starved starving uncontrolled unquenchable

ADJECTIVE

voracious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avid insatiable prodigious rapacious ravenous

WEAK

covetous devouring dog-hungry edacious empty gluttonous gorging grasping gross omnivorous piggy ravening sating starved starving uncontrolled unquenchable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

full satisfied

WEAK

quenched

Example Sentences

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Strangely, one of the show’s most captivating songs, “Pavane for a Dead Lizard,” is about a reptile that starved to death because of Victoria’s negligence.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

‘It starved to death before it ever saw the light of day.’

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024

More than 200 people have starved to death since July in Edaga Arbi town, in Ethiopia's drought-hit and war-scarred Tigray region, local authorities say.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

Millions starved to death, and Zeng and other students across China spent much of their time in political study sessions.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023

I would have starved to death if it hadn’t been for Grandma.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

starved to death

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