Synonyms for starve
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1. starve

   Synonyms:
   check, deny, disappoint, refuse, restrain, restrict, stint, straiten, tantalize

   Antonyms:
   cloy, content, fill, glut, sate, satiate, satisfy, suffice, surfeit

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1. starve, hunger, famishverb

   be hungry; go without food

   "Let's eat--I'm starving!"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave

   Antonyms:
   give, be full, feed

2. starve, famishverb

   die of food deprivation

   "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave

   Antonyms:
   give, be full, feed

3. starve, famishverb

   deprive of food

   "They starved the prisoners"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave

   Antonyms:
   give, be full, feed

4. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, crave, thirst, famish

   Antonyms:
   feed, be full, give

5. starveverb

   deprive of a necessity and cause suffering

   "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, famish, thirst, crave

   Antonyms:
   feed, be full, give

Matched Categories

1. • Deprive
   • Desire
   • Die

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1. enfamish

   as a verb

   Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2020  

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1. starveverb

   Synonyms:
   perish (especially with hunger)

2. starveverb

   Synonyms:
   kill with hunger, starve to death

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1. starveverb

   Synonyms:
   famish

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1. List of paraphrases for "starve":

   hungry, starvation

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How to use starve in a sentence?

1. Tim Harmsen:

   We knew that if they kicked us off that platform we would have no place to go. Our families would starve.

2. Joe Biden:

   Guess what ? if those tons don't get to market, an awful lot of people in Africa are going to starve to death because they are the sole supplier of a number of African countries.

3. William Li:

   Eating tree nuts like walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, and Brazil nuts may help prevent cancer, nuts contain cancer-fighting polyphenols that boost our immune systems to fight cancer, and they also have healthy omega 3 fatty acids, which can starve cancer by cutting off its blood supply.

4. Talia Kirkland:

   Im not going to see them starve.

5. Al Sharpton:

   In the state jails, you eat what they give you or you starve... it is absolute punishment and punitive beyond the regardless for human rights and dignity, in federal, they have different protocols, and they ask if you have any dietary or religious preferences.