starved

Adjective

Synonyms: starving famished ravenous sharp-set esurient

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

suffering from lack of foodSynonyms: starving
extremely hungry“they were tired and famished for food and sleep”“a ravenous boy”“the family was starved and ragged”“fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy”Synonyms: famished ravenous sharp-set esurient

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Starve \Starve\ (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved (st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.]

1.To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate. [1913 Webster]

In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. [1913 Webster]

Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

3.To perish or die with cold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Have I seen the naked starve for cold?— Sandys.[1913 Webster]

Starving with cold as well as hunger.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]

Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used in the United States. [1913 Webster]