English Synonym Finder

malnourish

Definitions

To provide with insufficient or poor-quality nourishment.

To suffer from a lack of proper nutrition, resulting in poor health or stunted growth.

Examples

The prolonged drought threatened to malnourish the entire village by destroying their primary food crops.

Without access to a balanced diet, the neglected livestock began to malnourish rapidly.

Synonyms

starve underfeed famish deprive weaken emaciate

Antonyms

nourish feed sustain nurture overfeed strengthen