Synonyms for Starve
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1. starve

   Synonyms:
   check, deny, disappoint, refuse, restrain, restrict, stint, straiten, tantalize

   Antonyms:
   cloy, content, fill, glut, sate, satiate, satisfy, suffice, surfeit

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1. starve, hunger, famishverb

   be hungry; go without food

   "Let's eat--I'm starving!"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave, starve

   Antonyms:
   give, be full, feed

2. starve, famishverb

   die of food deprivation

   "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave, starve

   Antonyms:
   give, be full, feed

3. starve, famishverb

   deprive of food

   "They starved the prisoners"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave, starve

   Antonyms:
   give, be full, feed

4. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, crave, thirst, famish, starve

   Antonyms:
   feed, be full, give

5. starveverb

   deprive of a necessity and cause suffering

   "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave

   Antonyms:
   feed, be full, give

Matched Categories

1. • Deprive
   • Desire
   • Die

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1. enfamish

   as a verb

   Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2020  

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1. starveverb

   Synonyms:
   perish (especially with hunger)

2. starveverb

   Synonyms:
   kill with hunger, starve to death

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1. starveverb

   Synonyms:
   famish

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1. List of paraphrases for "starve":

   hungry, starvation

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How to use Starve in a sentence?

1. Yvonne DeBurgo:

   I think the government thinks that we should just either starve to death or freeze to death.

2. Paidamoyo Madimutsa:

   If they don't get aid as quickly as possible these people may end up dying or maybe malnourishment will increase to their children or they will even starve to death. So it is a matter of life and death for them.

3. Sharuf Khan:

   Brokers told our relatives to send the money and beat us when we were on the phone. They're very bad people, there's little to eat here. Some people starve. Many are sick.

4. Jacqueline Savitz:

   Plastic is a cheap product to make, but it comes at a high price to our environment, i can't even stand the thought of it, when I go to the beach and see all the plastic on the waves and in the sand. It's found in most every bird stomach and in sea turtles and whales that starve to death, and the problem is getting much worse.

5. Talia Kirkland:

   Im not going to see them starve.