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Synonyms for starve
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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.3 / 3 votes

  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

    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

    Antonyms:
    give, be full, feed

  3. starve, famishverb

    deprive of food

    "They starved the prisoners"

    Synonyms:
    lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave

    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

    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

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  1. enfamish

    as a verb

    Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. starveverb

    Synonyms:
    perish (especially with hunger)

  2. starveverb

    Synonyms:
    kill with hunger, starve to death

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. starveverb

    Synonyms:
    famish

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  1. List of paraphrases for "starve":

    hungry, starvation

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#272check
#7367refuse
#7851deny
#8710hungry
#9424restrict
#9624hunger
#13567lust
#22042thirst
#23666crave
#24596starvation
#28795stint
#30094restrain
#31211disappoint
#37778starve
#148246tantalize

How to use starve in a sentence?

  1. Tom Holland:

    The important thing is that this is a true story about real people and we had a duty as actors to do justice to these characters, ron (Howard) made sure that every aspect of this film was authentic so that meant we had to starve, learn how to sail, really go out to sea, so it was pretty grueling, but ... all for a good reason.

  2. Clare Ostle:

    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.

  3. Caroline Vandergriff/KOKH:

    It made me wonder whether someone stole her for dog fighting and either cut or tried to starve her to make her aggressive, bridget was also found wearing her distinctive pink, floral collar, and her leash, and my phone number was scratched off her tag — maybe the thief got spooked by all the media attention and dumped her on a random road.

  4. Dejair Batista:

    If you stay at home, you'll just starve to death.

  5. William Li:

    Eating tree nuts like walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, and Brazil nuts may help prevent cancer, nuts contain cancer-fighting polyphenols that boost our immune systems to fight cancer, and they also have healthy omega 3 fatty acids, which can starve cancer by cutting off its blood supply.


Translations for starve

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  • مات جوعًاArabic
  • галадацьBelarusian
  • гладувамBulgarian
  • hladovětCzech
  • llwguWelsh
  • verhungern, aushungernGerman
  • [[kuolla]] [[nälkä, nääntyä, nälkä, näännyttää, nälkiinnyttääFinnish
  • svøltaFaroese
  • être affamé, [[mourir]] de [[faim]], affamerFrench
  • éheztet, éhenhal, éhezikHungarian
  • 飢えさせる, 飢える, 餓死Japanese
  • 굶어죽다Korean
  • whakapuango, whakatikiMāori
  • rammelen, verhongeren, uithongeren, [[sterven]] [[van]] [[de]] [[honger]]Dutch
  • głodowaćPolish
  • esfomear, morrer, morrendo, faminto, estar, fome, dePortuguese
  • изголодаться, голодать, [[умирать]] [[от]] [[голод, проголодаться, чахнуть, [[морить]] [[голодRussian
  • hladovaťSlovak
  • stradatiSlovene
  • svälta, svulten, utsvultenSwedish
  • ఘోరకలి, ఆకలిచావు, చప్పిడికూడుTelugu
  • голодуватиUkrainian

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