Synonyms for STARVING
starv·ing

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1. starvation, starvingadjective

   the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

   "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

   Synonyms:
   starvation, famishment, starving

   Antonyms:
   nourished

2. starved, starvingadjective

   suffering from lack of food

   Synonyms:
   ravenous, starved, esurient, sharp-set, famished, starving

   Antonyms:
   nourished

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1. List of paraphrases for "starving":

   hungry, ravenous, hunger

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1. Joe Stork:

   The people of Falluja are besieged by the government, trapped by (Islamic State), and are starving, the warring parties should make sure that aid reaches the civilian population.

2. Tom Wolfe:

   I think every living moment of a human being's life, unless the person is starving or in immediate danger of death in some other way, is controlled by a concern for status.

3. Umme Habiba:

   Starving with no food, we saw a fishing boat nearby and tried to go close, we jumped in the water to swim close to that boat but in the end, we could not.

4. Henry James:

   There are moods in which one feels the impulse to enter a tacit protest against too gross an appetite for pure aesthetics in this starving and sinning world. One turns half away, musingly, from certain beautiful useless things.

5. John Ulimwengu:

   I remember the prime minister telling us, 'I am a politician. I made some promises to the population. While we are doing this, people are dying, people are starving,'.