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nourished

Definitions of nourished
  1. adjective
    being provided with adequate nourishment
    synonyms:
    corn-fed
    fed on corn
    full, replete
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink
    well-fed, well-nourished
    properly nourished
    overfed
    too well nourished
    stall-fed
    (of livestock) kept and fed in a stall in order to fatten for the market
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    antonyms:
    malnourished
    not being provided with adequate nourishment
    foodless
    being without food
    ill-fed, underfed, undernourished
    not getting adequate food
    starved, starving
    suffering from lack of food
    unfed
    not fed
    unnourished
    not nourished
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