STARVELING Meaning of STARVELING in English I . a. Lean, meagre, lank, emaciated, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned, hungry, thin, attenuated, ill-fed, ill-conditioned. II . n. Pauper, mendicant, beggar. Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012