WIT-STARVED

Meaning of WIT-STARVED in English

adj barren of wit; destitute of genius.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

WIT-STARVED — (a.) Barren of wit; destitute of genius.
Английский словарь Webster
WIT-STARVED — ( a. ) Barren of wit; destitute of genius.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIT — I. ˈwit, usu -id.+V verb ( past wist ˈwist ; past part wist present part witting present first & third …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STARVED — (imp. & p. p.) of Starve
Английский словарь Webster
STARVED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Starve
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIT — wit 1 /wit/ , n. 1. the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIT — I. ˈwit verb ( wist ˈwist ; wit·ting present first & third singular wot ˈwät) Etymology: Middle English witen (1st …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIT — (·inf) of wit. 2. wit ·v mind; intellect; understanding; sense. 3. wit ·noun to know; to learn. 4. wit ·v …
Webster English vocab
STARVED — impf & ·p.p. of starve.
Webster English vocab
WIT — [wit] vb wist ; wit.ting pres 1st & 3d sing wot [ME witen (1st & 3d sing. pres. wot, past …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WIT — / wɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , sing. ] the ability to say or write things that are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIT — wit /wɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'knowledge, intelligence' ] 1 . AMUSING [uncountable] the ability …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIT — n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIT — n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIT — 1. n.1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, …
Oxford English vocab
WIT — ( wits) 1. Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ready wit ▪ an intelligent man with a ready wit addle sb’s brains/wits ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIT — [noun] [U]Is it really beyond the wit (= wits) of the council to realise they can't postpone this decision indefinitely?He …
Cambridge English vocab
WIT — Synonyms and related words : ESP, IQ, Italian hand, ability, acumen, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, alertness, apprehension, art, artfulness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STARVED — Synonyms and related words : aching for, attenuated, bare-handed, beggarly, cadaverous, corpselike, craving, deprived of, desirous of, dog-hungry, dying for, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STARVED — Adj. Of a person, very cold, freezing. [Yorkshire use]
Slang English vocab
WIT — n. half wit mother wit to wit
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WIT — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: MIND 1, brain, gray matter, head, ||upper story, ||upperworks Related Words: perspicacity, sagacity; apprehension, awareness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STARVED — v. Function: adjective Synonyms: HUNGRY , famished, ||peckish, ravenous, starving Related Words: underfed, undernourished; weakened; half-famished, half-starved Contrasted Words: fed, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WIT — I. ||wit verb Synonyms: understand 3, assume, believe, ||conceit, conceive, gather, imagine, ||reckon, suppose, think II. wit noun 1. Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
STARVED — adjective Synonyms: hungry , famished, ||peckish, ravenous, starving Related Word: underfed, undernourished; weakened; half-famished, half-starved Contrasted words: fed, nourished; overfed …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIT — noun 1 clever use of words ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ quick , ready ▪ acerbic , barbed , biting , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STARVED — • ↑ be starved of
Longman Activator English vocab
WIT — n. 25B6; noun he needed all his wits to escape : INTELLIGENCE, shrewdness, astuteness, cleverness, canniness, (common) sense, wisdom, sagacity, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STARVED — adj. ~ for, of ( BE ) (~ for company)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WIT — n. 1 intelligence, brains, mind, (common) sense, judgement, understanding, discernment, wisdom, sagacity, insight, astuteness, cleverness, Slang savvy He hasn't the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STARVED — adj. 1 starving, (extremely) hungry, famished, ravenous Harry came in from the fields, declaring he was starved and ready to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WIT — 1. сущ. 1) часто мн. разум, ум 2) остроумие to display, show wit ≈ продемонстрировать остроумие/сообразительность dry wit ≈ сдержанный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STARVED — моренный Зависающийся
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STARVED — Голодный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WIT — wit.ogg _I wıt n 1. часто pl ум, разум quick slow wits - сообразительность несообразительность dull wits - тупоумие, тупость …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STARVED — моренный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WIT — ведать, знать; узнать to wit leg. то есть, a именно (oft. pl.) ум, разум; остроумие; остряк; wits - мозги one's …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WIT — I [wıt] n 1. часто pl ум, разум quick [slow] ~s - сообразительность [несообразительность] dull ~s - тупоумие, тупость to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WIT — _I wıt n 1. часто pl ум, разум quick slow wits - сообразительность несообразительность dull wits - тупоумие, тупость to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WIT — 1. сущ. 1) часто мн. разум, ум to have quick (slow) wits — быть сообразительным (несообразительным) 2) остроумие to display, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WIT — 1. сущ. 1) часто мн. разум, ум to have quick (slow) wits — быть сообразительным (несообразительным) 2) остроумие to display, show wit — продемонстрировать …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WIT — 1. _n. 1> часто _pl. ум, разум; he has quick (slow) wits - он сообразителен (несообразителен) 2> остроумие 3> остряк; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WIT — 1. n. 1. часто pl. ум, разум; he has quick (slow) wits - он сообразителен (несообразителен) 2. остроумие 3. остряк; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WIT — 1. _n. 1> (часто _pl.) ум, разум; he has quick (slow) wits он сообразителен (несообразителен) 2> остроумие 3> остряк; he …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
WIT — 1. сущ. 1) часто мн. разум, ум 2) остроумие to display, show wit ≈ продемонстрировать остроумие/сообразительность dry wit ≈ сдержанный …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STARVED — моренный Зависающийся
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STARVED — голодать истощаться изголодавшийся
Англо-Русский словарь
CASH-STARVED — ˈcash-starved BrE AmE adjective not having as much money as is needed: cash-starved public services
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CASH-STARVED — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STARVE — ˈstärv, ˈstȧv verb ( starved ; starved ; starving ; starves ) Etymology: Middle English sterven, from Old English steorfan; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUNGRY — — hungrily , adv. — hungriness , n. /hung"gree/ , adj. hungrier, hungriest . 1. having a desire, craving, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STARVE — / stɑːv; NAmE stɑːrv/ verb 1. to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STARVE — starve S3 /stɑːv $ stɑːrv/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: steorfan 'to die' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STARVE — v. 1 intr. die of hunger; suffer from malnourishment. 2 tr. cause to die of hunger or suffer from lack …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STARVE — v. 1 intr. die of hunger; suffer from malnourishment. 2 tr. cause to die of hunger or suffer from lack …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STARVE — v. 1. intr. die of hunger; suffer from malnourishment. 2 tr. cause to die of hunger or suffer from lack …
Oxford English vocab
STARVE — ( starves, starving, starved) 1. If people starve , they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STARVE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bleed/freeze/burn/starve to death ▪ Thousands of people are starving to death. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STARVE — [verb] - to (cause to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eatWhole communities starved …
Cambridge English vocab
NOT HUNGRY — INDEX: 1. wanting to eat 2. not hungry 3. the feeling you have when you are hungry 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
NOT ENOUGH — INDEX: 1. when there is enough of something you need 2. big enough, strong enough, old enough etc 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab

Webster English vocab

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