5
craving(adjective, keen, thin, eager, pale)
5
esurient(adjective, keen, eager, greedy, ravenous)
5
jejune
5
meager(adjective, slight, thin, delicate, insufficiency)
5
spare(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
5
starveling
4
bony(adjective, slight, thin, delicate, scrawny)
4
hollow(adjective, keen, eager, empty, greedy)
4
lacking(adjective, lean, narrow, little, slim)
4
malnourished(adjective, thin, pale, hungry, emaciated)
4
poor
4
puny(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
4
scrawny(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
4
unfed
4
wasted(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
4
withered(adjective, thin, narrow, little, slim)
4
wolfish(adjective, gross, greedy, piggish, hungry)
3
avid(adjective, keen, eager, empty, gross)
3
fasting
3
greedy(adjective, keen, eager, empty, gross)
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