Definitions

1. noun

A person who is weak or feeble from lack of food or nourishment.

“The famine left many as starvelings, struggling to find their next meal.”

2. noun

A person who is miserably or pitifully poor.

“The old man, a starveling on the streets, was a heartbreaking sight to behold.”

3. adjective

Weak or feeble from lack of food or nourishment.

“The starveling child clung to her mother’s hand, too weak to walk alone.”