Synonyms of the word

starvation

• n. A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
• n. (figuratively) Severe shortage of resources.

deprivation

• n. (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
• n. (countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
• n. (followed by “of”) lack.

famishment

• n. Starvation; the fact or process of being famished.
• n. (obsolete) Famine.

hunger

• n. A need or compelling desire for food.
• n. (by extension) Any strong desire.
• v. To be in need of food.
• v. (figuratively, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
• v. (archaic) To make hungry; to famish.

hungriness

• n. The characteristic of being hungry; hunger.

privation

• n. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the…
• n. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
• n. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.

starving

• v. present participle of starve.
• n. starvation.