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starved

English

Adjective

starved (comparative more starved, superlative most starved)

  1. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
  2. (by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
  3. (colloquial, hyperbolic, emphatic) Extremely hungry.
    I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast.

Translations

Verb

starved

  1. simple past tense and past participle of starve

Anagrams

  • adverts, dravest

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scanty

English

Etymology

scant +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?skænti/
  • Rhymes: -ænti

Adjective

scanty (comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)

  1. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
  2. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
    • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
      In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.

Derived terms

  • scantily
  • scantiness

Translations

See also

  • meagre
  • scant
  • slender
  • insufficient
  • deficient
  • scarce
  • exiguous

Further reading

  • scanty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • scanty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • scanty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Cantys

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