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starving

Divide starving into syllables:

starv · ing

How to pronounce starving:

Synonyms for starving:

esurient
faint from lack of food
famished
hungering
hungry
malnourished
peckish
ravenous
ready to eat a horse
sharp-set
starved

Antonyms for starving:

abstemious
abundant
bloated
bursting
cloyed
complete
copious
entire
filled
full
full up
glutted
gorged
lined
loaded
moderate
quenched
replete
sated
satiate
satiated
satisfied
self-controlled
stuffed
sufficient
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