Starveling
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noun.
One that is starving or being starved.
adjective.
Starving.
adjective.
Poor in quality; inadequate.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One who, or that which, pines from lack of food, or nutriment.
adjective.
Hungry; lean; pining with want.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
One who is
thin
from
lack
of
food
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
someone who is starving (or being starved)
Word Usage
"And this after what the magazine calls "decades of whittling" in the state's financial support for UC, culminating in a "starveling" budget!"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
pauper
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
`normal'
bobtail
galliard
goose-girl
home-making
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
hungry
lean