The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also: the exhausted condition caused by want of food.

Want of food, hunger; hence, starvation.

Wasting away through disease or hunger; starvation; an instance of this. Also: languishing, emotional exhaustion; an intense longing or grief (for).

The state, condition, or process of being famished or starved; an instance of this, hungry appetite. Also †a means of starving.

The condition of suffering from lack or insufficiency of food; starvation; an experience of this. Also figurative.

Suffering, affliction, distress, trouble. Now Scottish. Suffering caused by hunger or lack of food; famine, want, starvation. Also figurative…

The action of afflicting a person with hunger; the action of causing starvation. Also: the state of being starved; starvation.

The condition of being starved of food; suffering and gradual decline caused by lack of adequate nutrition, leading eventually (if unchecked) to…

The action of starving or depriving a person or animal of food; (also) an instance of this.