underfed

underfed
Synonyms and related words:
attenuated, bare-handed, beggarly, cadaverous, corpselike, emacerated, emaciate, emaciated, empty-handed, famished, haggard, half-starved, hollow-eyed, ill off, ill-equipped, ill-furnished, ill-provided, impoverished, jejune, marantic, marasmic, on short commons, pauperized, peaked, peaky, pinched, poor, puny, shorthanded, shriveled, skeletal, starved, starveling, starving, tabetic, tabid, undermanned, undernourished, unfed, unprovided, unreplenished, unsupplied, wasted, weazeny, withered, wizened, wraithlike

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  • underfed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ insufficiently fed or nourished …   English terms dictionary

  • underfed — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)fe̱d[/t]] ADJ GRADED People who are underfed do not get enough food to eat. Kate still looks pale and underfed. ...ill trained and underfed young soldiers …   English dictionary

  • underfed — UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈfed] / US [ˌʌndərˈfed] adjective not given enough food Derived word: underfeed UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈfiːd] / US [ˌʌndərˈfɪd] verb transitive Word forms underfeed : present tense I/you/we/they underfeed he/she/it underfeeds present participle… …   English dictionary

  • underfed — adjective Inadequately fed …   Wiktionary

  • underfed — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. skinny, starving, starved; see hungry …   English dictionary for students

  • underfed — un|der|fed [ˌʌndəˈfed US ər ] adj not given enough food to eat ≠ ↑overfed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • underfed — un|der|fed [ ,ʌndər fed ] adjective not given enough food ╾ un|der|feed [ ,ʌndər fid ] verb transitive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • underfed — adj. not nourished sufficiently, not fed enough; supplied with fuel from beneathv. supply with too little food; supply with fuel from the underside …   English contemporary dictionary

  • underfed — refunded …   Anagrams dictionary

  • underfed — adjective insufficiently fed or nourished …   English new terms dictionary

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