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[ fam-isht ] / ˈfæm ɪʃt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR famished ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes. Origin of famishedLate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at famish, -ed2 synonym study for famishedSee hungry. OTHER WORDS FROM famishedhalf-famished, adjectiveWords nearby famishedfamily-tree theory, family values, family way, famine, famish, famished, famotidine, famous, famous last words, famously, famulus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for famishedNorth Korea is this impoverished, famished regime, but they have our attention because they have nuclear weapons. What Bret Stephens Said At Yeshiva University|Bret Stephens|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Famished Financier Dear Famished: You, sir, have come to the right place. A Declaration of Financial Independence|Megan McArdle|February 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST Dash Snow was an artist whose subject matter involved rats, famished dogs, squalid sex, police brutality, and street life. Dash Snow: Death of an Art Star|Ana Finel Honigman|July 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile the wolves draw ever nearer and nearer, as their courage rises in response to the voice of their famished bellies. In the Brooding Wild|Ridgwell Cullum
They piled his plate and filled his coffee cup again and again and watched him while he ate like a famished wolf. Army Boys on the Firing Line|Homer Randall Not till I have had something to eat; I can thank nobody while I am so famished. The Professor|(AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell Their howlings and croakings evidently came from famished mouths. Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various Endless stories could be told of speculators hoarding food and watching unmoved the sufferings of a famished people. The Day of the Confederacy|Nathaniel W. Stephenson
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