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

   Antonyms:
   nourished

2. starved, starvingadjective

   suffering from lack of food

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

   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. Rutherford D. Rogers:

   We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge.

3. Antonio Ledezma:

   It is incredible how this regime is starving its own people to death, we have all seen the pictures. We have all seen the videos and the proof of what is happening. Why is the international community not calling this a genocide? Because that is what it is.

4. Banesa Begum:

   I know they are starving.

5. Abel James:

   When you’re constantly starving yourself, you kind of enter this starvation mode and we’ve become afraid of our food.