<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person, animal, or plant that is starving.</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>starving; suffering from lack of nourishment.</li><li>pining with want.</li><li>poverty-stricken.</li><li>poor in condition or quality.</li><li>such as to entail or suggest starvation.</li></ul>