dinnerless
Missing evening meal
Without dinner; having gone without an evening meal.
The word is rare and literary, typically emphasizing deprivation or neglect: The children went to bed dinnerless.
It carries a slightly old-fashioned tone, evoking Victorian-era accounts of poverty or hardship.
Intensely, painfully hungry
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- empty stomachDigestive tract without food
- gnawingPersistent biting action
pangs · peckish · appetite · cravings · voracious · unsatisfied · hollow · yearning
Designated eating period
- uneatenNot yet ingested
- skippedWent past without stopping
- lunchlessWithout midday meal
- omissionFailure to include
bypassed · postponed · disrupted · routine · schedule · neglected · overlooked · deferred
Extremely lacking in money
- destituteUtterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
- hand-to-mouthConsuming resources immediately
hardship · want · underprivileged · breadline · soup kitchen · food bank · subsistence · unemployment
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- intermittent fastingScheduled cycles of eating and abstaining
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
- LentChristian fasting season
religious observance · self-denial · discipline · caloric restriction · spiritual practice · detox · cleanse · voluntary
Lacking proper nutrition
- undernourishedInsufficiently nourished
- underfedLacking adequate food
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
lacking · denied · bereft · devoid · wanting · deficiency · scarcity · unfulfilled
famished
Intensely, painfully hungry
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- empty stomachDigestive tract without food
gnawing · pangs · peckish · appetite · cravings · voracious · unsatisfied · hollow · yearning · aching
mealtime
Designated eating period
omission · bypassed · postponed · disrupted · routine · schedule · neglected · overlooked · deferred · supperless
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- destituteUtterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
hand-to-mouth · hardship · want · underprivileged · breadline · soup kitchen · food bank · subsistence · unemployment · homelessness
abstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- intermittent fastingScheduled cycles of eating and abstaining
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
Lent · religious observance · self-denial · discipline · caloric restriction · spiritual practice · detox · cleanse · voluntary · purposeful
malnourished
Lacking proper nutrition
- undernourishedInsufficiently nourished
- underfedLacking adequate food
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
insufficiency · lacking · denied · bereft · devoid · wanting · deficiency · scarcity · unfulfilled