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- Dictionaryfam·ished/ˈfamiSHt/
adjective
- 1. extremely hungry: informal "I'm famished—is there anything to eat?"
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wanting or needing food. hungry By dinner time we all felt really hungry. starving Is there anything to eat? I'm starving! starved US He ate so quickly, like he was starved. famished After that long workout, I'm absolutely famished. ravenous He's going through a growth spurt, so he's just ravenous. See more results »
The meaning of FAMISHED is intensely hungry; also : needy. How to use famished in a sentence.
Synonyms for FAMISHED: hungry, starving, starved, peckish, ravenous, empty, undernourished, malnourished; Antonyms of FAMISHED: satisfied, sated, satiated, full, overfed, glutted, surfeited, gorged.
It's enough to make you cry...or reach for another french fry — depending on how famished you are. Definitions of famished. adjective. extremely hungry. “they were tired and famished for food and sleep”. synonyms: esurient, ravenous, sharp-set, starved. hungry. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food.
Famished definition: extremely hungry. See examples of FAMISHED used in a sentence.
informal us / ˈfæm.ɪʃt / uk / ˈfæm.ɪʃt / Add to word list. extremely hungry: Have some dinner with us - you must be famished! Synonyms. ravenous. starved mainly US informal. starving (NO FOOD) informal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. wanting or needing food. hungry By dinner time we all felt really hungry.
1. informal. very hungry or weak. In my famished state it seemed like a feast. You look famished. I missed breakfast and I am famished. 2. suffering from starvation. Many too famished simply died on the way. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. famished in American English. (ˈfæmɪʃt) adjective. extremely hungry.
Define famished. famished synonyms, famished pronunciation, famished translation, English dictionary definition of famished. v. fam·ished , fam·ish·ing , fam·ish·es v. tr. 1. To cause to endure severe hunger. 2. To cause to starve to death. v. intr. 1. To endure severe...
Definition of famished adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to suffer from extreme hunger or to make someone suffer from extreme hunger: Russia famished under the Five Year Plan. Repeated crop failures almost famished them. Fewer examples. Some say that ravens foster other chicks whilst their own birds famish in their nests. Did he marry me to famish me?
