starving

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starving

  • /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ US
  • /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of starve It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the inco

noun starvings

  1. starvation […] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]

adjective more starving · most starving

  1. Extremely hungry

    Similar: ravenous

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: starvation, malnourished, famine, skinny, famished, hunger, hungry, fasting, ravenous, throwback, pizza, depriving, famishing, peckish, underfed, craving

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Chicago

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@misc{starving_2026,
  title = {starving},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/starving},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}