half-starvedadj.
Having insufficient food; poorly fed.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > starving or starved
hungryc950
ofhungeredOE
hungeredc1425
famylousc1475
forhungered1481
hunger-starvena1533
starven1546
hunger-bit1549
hunger-bitten1549
affamished1554
starved1563
starving1581
gaunted1582
famishing1587
food-sick1587
hunger-starving1592
famined1622
gut-foundered1647
hunger-starved1647
starved-gut1653
half-starved1667
clemmed1674
nushed1691
pinch-gutted1704
starve-gutted1726
clemming1773
clung1807
1667 Milton Paradise Lost x. 595 Unnam'd, undreaded, and thy self half starv'd . View more context for this quotation
1713 H. Martyn in Guardian 11 May 2/1 The half starved and half naked Beggars in your Streets.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xv. 266 A half-starved Merry-Andrew.
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