STARVING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

starving

adjective

as in hungry

feeling a desire or need for food I missed lunch, and now I'm starving

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hungry

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Outside the courtroom of this trial, traditional TV cameras sit side-by-side with cellphone cameras manned by new media journalists and commentators feeding an audience hungry, not just for true crime, but also for a look back in time.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The elastic insult is meant to belittle the target as inauthentic, attention-hungry, unserious, and unmanly.

— Erik Forrest Jackson, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026

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