Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starving

/ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: starv-ing
IPA: /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of starve

noun

adj

Extremely hungry

Example Sentences

"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries."
"[…] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/
British English: /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

starvings (plural) more starving (comparative) most starving (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonstarving starvingly

Phrases

starving artist

Synonyms

ravenous starved starvation

Rhymes With

carving

Questions

How do you pronounce starving?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/.
What does starving mean?: present participle and gerund of starve

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