famished
- extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
Origin of famished
Synonyms for famished
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- to suffer or cause to suffer extreme hunger; starve.
- to starve to death.
Origin of famish
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Contemporary Examples of famished
North Korea is this impoverished, famished regime, but they have our attention because they have nuclear weapons.
Famished Financier Dear Famished: You, sir, have come to the right place.
Dash Snow was an artist whose subject matter involved rats, famished dogs, squalid sex, police brutality, and street life.
Historical Examples of famished
It was simply a bare, gaunt, famished skeleton, slaying his way along.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
That's well—and that ould Matthew is as obstinate a neger as ever famished his stomach.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
These she produced likewise; and he ate and drank with the voracity of a famished hound.
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
It seemed to Madame Francois that he was in far too famished a condition to have got drunk.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
However, that was a slight affair, and Vance was far too famished to be particular.
Prince VanceEleanor Putnam
famish
- (now usually passive) to be or make very hungry or weak
- archaic to die or cause to die from starvation
- Irish to make very coldI was famished with the cold
Word Origin for famish
Word Origin and History for famished
famish
c.1400, famyschen, alteration of famen (late 14c.), a shortening of Old French afamer, from Vulgar Latin *affamare "to bring to hunger," from ad famem, from Latin fames "hunger" (see famine).
Ending changed mid-14c. to -ish under influence of ravish, anguish, etc. The intransitive sense is from 1520s. Related: Famished; famishing.