Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
sex-starved is an adjective meaning "desiring but deprived of sexual gratification". It carries one recorded sense.
desiring but deprived of sexual gratification
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sex-starved come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.