half-famished

• a word derived from famished.
  famished

  adjective

  extremely hungry: famished multitudes in the immediate postwar period.

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half-famished

The half-famished fox had no mind to lose his breakfast, and holding fast to the boot fled up the hill, to the disgust of the cook and to the amusement of his comrades.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely

In the second storey lives a serpent half-famished with hunger.

From Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India by Mrs. Howard Kingscote

Several half-famished dogs had come prowling around, from no one knew where.

From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by John McElroy

In the third storey lies a rat, similarly half-famished, and when you again begin to draw water these may request you first to release them.

From Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India by Mrs. Howard Kingscote

When the hunger of the half-famished troopers was somewhat appeased, the events of the morning began to form the topic of conversation—which, however, was carried on only in whispers.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

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