Synonyms: esurient, famished, starved, sharp-set, ravenous
Definition: extremely hungry
Usage: they were tired and famished for food and sleep; a ravenous boy; the family was starved and ragged; fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
Similar words: hungry
Definition: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
Usage: a world full of hungry people
Definition: suffering from lack of food
Similar words: malnourished
Definition: not being provided with adequate nourishment