3
spare(insufficiency, underweight, undernourished, underfed)
2
thin(adjective, hungry, insufficiency, starved, underweight)
2
avid(adjective, empty, gross, hungry, voracious)
2
emaciated(adjective, hungry, ravenous, famished, starved)
2
avaricious(adjective, hungry, famished)
2
bony(underweight, undernourished, underfed)
2
carnivorous(adjective, hungry, ravenous, famished, starved)
2
covetous(adjective, empty, gross, avid, greedy)
2
dehydrated(adjective, hungry, ravenous, famished, starved)
2
desirous(adjective, greedy, wishful, piggish, begging)
2
drawn(verb, adjective, hungry, ravenous, famished)
2
dying(adjective, hungry, ravenous, famished, starved)
2
eager(adjective, wishful, piggish, begging, tight-fisted)
2
famine
2
famish
2
famishing(adjective, wishful, piggish, begging, tight-fisted)
2
famishment
2
gaunt(underweight, undernourished, underfed)
2
gluttonous(adjective, empty, gross, avid, greedy)
2
grasping(adjective, empty, gross, avid, hungry)
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