gritty particles to be left in rice or flour, etc. (causing gritty sound while chewing), food to be gritty

suffer helplessly from hunger, starve, suffer from hunger and starvation

be overwhelmed with grief, grieve or mourn in silence

to starve, suffer from hunger and starvation

for life to come at a halt, to have wo work at all

look aghast, be wonderstruck

be frustrated, be dumbstruck, look extremely foolish

become very thin, become so thin as to look like a skeleton (because of illness or grief, etc.)

to hold one's anger or fit of emotion

become very thin, become so thin as to look like a skeleton (because of illness or grief, etc.)

come to a sudden stop in alarm, surprise or uncertainty, be amazed, be staggered