famished Definition
- 1extremely hungry
- 2starving
Using famished: Examples
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with how "famished" can be used in various situations through the following examples!
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After hiking for hours, we were famished and eagerly ate our lunch.
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The refugees were famished after days without food or water.
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I skipped breakfast this morning and now I'm famished.
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The long wait at the restaurant made us all famished.
famished Synonyms and Antonyms
Phrases with famished
Example
After a week of dieting, she was famished for chocolate.
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The child's famished look broke my heart.
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After years of neglecting her passions, she felt like a famished soul.
Origins of famished
from Old French 'faim', meaning 'hunger'
Summary: famished in Brief
'Famished' [ˈfæmɪʃt] is an adjective that describes an extreme state of hunger or starvation. It can be used to describe physical hunger, as in 'The refugees were famished after days without food or water,' or metaphorical hunger, as in 'She was famished for chocolate.' The word has no idiomatic usage, but it can be used in phrases like 'famished look' or 'famished soul' to describe a facial expression or a metaphorical state of being.