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Definition of famished in English: famishedadjective ˈfamɪʃtˈfæmɪʃt informal Extremely hungry. I'm famished—is there anything to eat? the evacuees were famished, having had no food for 12 hours Example sentencesExamples - I was absolutely famished but could not manage more than a third of the serving.
- I was famished by the time we came to the canteen and, for once, the whole group was assembled there - - only, they sat at separate tables.
- Since we were all famished and couldn't wait to get to a restaurant, the rest of us stayed in the van while Ramon went inside to get his brother.
- Oh well, I'm famished and a good meal is what I need.
- Boy, I'm famished… can we stop at a café and eat before we meet up with Tamika?
- ‘The last of us finally got home at 8am, but only because we were famished - and couldn't find a cafe open to cook us breakfast,’ said coach Andy Geary.
- She had to admit she was quite hungry, famished even.
- Ashton while we do this go into the kitchen and eat something, you look famished.
- Speaking of being hungry for Greek, get me to the nearest falafel stand - I'm famished!
- He had been too sorrowful earlier to notice but now that Bryan mentioned it, he was famished, he hadn't eaten all day.
- We were running a little late and I was famished, so we broke a rule and had a light lunch in the coffee shop.
- Anyways, I got to go because my mother said dinner is done and I have to eat something because I'm famished.
- She'd had no sleep the night before and she was famished.
Synonyms very hungry, ravenous, starving, starving to death, starved, dying of hunger, faint from lack of food, deprived of food, empty undernourished, malnourished, half-starved, unfed informal peckish rare sharp-set, esurient
Origin Late Middle English: past participle of the verb famish, from Middle English fame 'starve', from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames 'hunger'. Definition of famished in US English: famishedadjectiveˈfamiSHtˈfæmɪʃt informal Extremely hungry. I'm famished—is there anything to eat? the evacuees were famished, having had no food for 12 hours Example sentencesExamples - Boy, I'm famished… can we stop at a café and eat before we meet up with Tamika?
- Anyways, I got to go because my mother said dinner is done and I have to eat something because I'm famished.
- He had been too sorrowful earlier to notice but now that Bryan mentioned it, he was famished, he hadn't eaten all day.
- We were running a little late and I was famished, so we broke a rule and had a light lunch in the coffee shop.
- Speaking of being hungry for Greek, get me to the nearest falafel stand - I'm famished!
- She'd had no sleep the night before and she was famished.
- I was famished by the time we came to the canteen and, for once, the whole group was assembled there - - only, they sat at separate tables.
- Ashton while we do this go into the kitchen and eat something, you look famished.
- She had to admit she was quite hungry, famished even.
- ‘The last of us finally got home at 8am, but only because we were famished - and couldn't find a cafe open to cook us breakfast,’ said coach Andy Geary.
- Since we were all famished and couldn't wait to get to a restaurant, the rest of us stayed in the van while Ramon went inside to get his brother.
- I was absolutely famished but could not manage more than a third of the serving.
- Oh well, I'm famished and a good meal is what I need.
Synonyms very hungry, ravenous, starving, starving to death, starved, dying of hunger, faint from lack of food, deprived of food, empty
Origin Late Middle English: past participle of the verb famish, from Middle English fame ‘starve’, from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames ‘hunger’. |