Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starved

/stɑːɹvd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: starved
IPA: /stɑːɹvd/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.

adj

Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.

adj

Extremely hungry.

Colloquial

verb

simple past and past participle of starve

Example Sentences

"Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake."
"I’m starved! I haven’t eaten since breakfast."
"She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more starved (comparative) most starved (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonstarved prestarved semistarved starvedly unstarved

Synonyms

famished ravenous sharp-set esurient starving

Rhymes With

carved

Questions

How do you pronounce starved?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɑːɹvd/.
What does starved mean?: Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.

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