starved

Thân thiện

The little boy felt starved after playing outside all afternoon.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely hungry; suffering from a severe lack of food: The primary meaning describes a state of intense hunger or malnutrition due to insufficient food.
   • Deprived of a necessity; desperately in need of: Used figuratively to express a severe lack or desperate need for something non-physical, such as affection or attention.

Usage Examples

• Literal (lacking food):
  • The starved refugees desperately needed aid.
  • After the long hike, I felt absolutely starved.
• Figurative (lacking something else):
  • The old house was starved of maintenance.
  • He was starved for companionship after moving to a new city.

Advanced Usage

• "to be starved for": To have a desperate need or longing for something.
  • The artist was starved for recognition.
• "starved into": Forced into a state or action due to deprivation.
  • The besieged garrison was starved into surrender.

Variants and Related Words

• Starve (verb): To suffer or die from hunger; to deprive of something necessary.
  • Without rain, the crops will starve.
• Starvation (noun): The state or process of suffering or dying from hunger.
  • The famine caused widespread starvation.

Synonyms

• Famished: Extremely hungry.
• Ravenous: Very eager for food; voracious.
• Esurient (formal): Hungry or greedy.
• Malnourished: Suffering from poor nutrition.

Related Phrases

• Starved of attention: Desperately lacking notice or consideration.
  • The middle child often felt starved of attention.
• Starved for time: Having very little available time.
  • Modern parents are often starved for time.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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
2. suffering from lack of food

Từ đồng nghĩa

• famished
• ravenous
• sharp-set
• esurient
• starving