starved
Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
Other meanings
Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
Extremely hungry.
“I’m starved! I haven’t eaten since breakfast.”
Synonyms
- sharp-set
Related words
- nonstarved
- prestarved
- semistarved
- starvedly
- unstarved
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “starved” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.