starved

English

Adjective

starved (comparative more starved, superlative most starved)

1. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
2. (by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
3. (colloquial, hyperbolic, emphatic) Extremely hungry.

   I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast.

   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 46:

     She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.

Translations

approaching starvation

• Maori: makuhea

extremely hungry

• Dutch: uitgehongerd (nl)
• Swedish: utsvulten (sv)
• Tok Pisin: hanggre

Verb

starved

1. simple past and past participle of starve

Anagrams

• adverts, dravest