Extremely hungry. Synonyms:esurient, famished, ravenous, starved."A ravenous boy" , "The family was starved and ragged" , "Fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
... spirits, silent and devout. The eyes of each were dark and hollow: pale Their visage, and so lean withal, the bones Stood staring thro' the skin. I do not think Thus dry and meagre Erisicthon show'd, When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to ... — The Divine Comedy, Complete - The Vision of Paradise, Purgatory and Hell • Dante Alighieri
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