Starveling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that is starving or being starved.
  • adj. Starving.
  • adj. Poor in quality; inadequate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who is thin from lack of food.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, pines from lack of food, or nutriment.
  • adj. Hungry; lean; pining with want.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A starving or starved person; an animal or a plant that is made thin or lean and weak through want of nourishment.
  • Starving (from hunger or cold); hungry; lean; pining with want.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who is starving (or being starved)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pauper   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hungry    lean   
    Same Context
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