Synonyms of malnourished

malnourished

adjective

as in starving

not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food; poorly nourished

The malnourished children were slowly nursed back to health.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starving
• starved
• undernourished
• underfed
• hungry
• famished
• peckish
• empty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• content
• full
• stuffed
• overfed
• satiated
• glutted
• sated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malnourished

Authorities said there were signs she had been badly beaten, malnourished and tortured prior to her death, according to a statement from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office. —Nicole Acosta, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025

Among the programs affected were efforts to feed malnourished children in Sudan, bring clean water to refugees in Yemen and deliver medicines to people living with HIV. —Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 9 Feb. 2025

And nutrition services for malnourished children and adults have also been suspended, despite Rubio’s waiver for lifesaving food assistance. —Lauren Kent, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025

Humanitarian aid partners estimated more than 70 sites for testing and treating tens of thousands of malnourished children are being shuttered, as well as 92 health facilities. —Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2025