starving

noun, adj — 2 senses

starving

noun

US /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ · UK /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/

1

starvation

[…] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]1868, Margaret Carrington, Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of Massacre:

starving

adj

1

Extremely hungry

Derived terms: starving artist, starvingly

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