Synonyms for starved

Grammar : Adj

Spell : stahrv

Phonetic Transcription : stɑrv

Définition of starved

Origin : Old English steorfan "to die" (past tense stearf, past participle storfen), from Proto-Germanic *sterban "be stiff" (cf. Old Frisian sterva, Dutch sterven, Old High German sterban "to die," Old Norse stjarfi "tetanus"), from PIE root *ster- "stiff, rigid" (cf. Greek sterphnios "stiff, rigid," sterphos "hide, skin," Old Church Slavonic strublu "strong, hard;" see stare).
The conjugation became weak in English by 16c. The sense narrowed to "die of cold" (14c.); meaning "to kill with hunger" is first recorded 1520s (earlier to starve of hunger, early 12c.). Intransitive sense of "to die of hunger" dates from 1570s. German cognate sterben retains the original sense of the word, but the English has come so far from its origins that starve to death (1910) is now common.

adj hungry

Example sentences :

My arms have starved for you so—do you think they're going to loosen now?
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

"Poor chap's only starved to death," said Mrs. Gwilt-Athelstan.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

I'd been whipped, an' starved, an' I was always prayin', 'Oh!
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

The hunger for the manhunt is like the hunger for food, and Bill Dozier had been starved for many a day.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

"You're as thin as a starved—wolf," she said, and closed her eyes and shuddered.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

You are going to pay me for the five years I have starved making money for you—that, too!
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

They'd rather have starved their summer church in the Adirondacks than nursed it with my help!
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Then I asked to earn my bread; but without you I might have starved.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

He first starved, and then tricked me; and if I could I'd kill him.'
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

But for him, I should have starved in that long illness I had, when the office would have me no longer.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Antonyms for starved

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