fam·ish

(făm′ĭsh)

v. fam·ished, fam·ish·ing, fam·ish·es

v.tr.

1. To cause to endure severe hunger.

2. To cause to starve to death.

v.intr.

1. To endure severe deprivation, especially of food.

2. To undergo starvation and die.

[Middle English famishen, alteration of famen, from Old French afamer, from Vulgar Latin *affamāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin famēs, hunger.]

fam′ish·ment n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

famished

(ˈfæmɪʃt)

adj

1. informal very hungry or weak

2. suffering from starvation

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fam•ished

(ˈfæm ɪʃt)

adj.

extremely hungry.

[1375–1425]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

famished - extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

esurient, ravenous, sharp-set, starved

hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"

famished

adjective starving, starved, voracious, ravenous, ready to eat a horse (informal), ravening Is dinner ready? I'm famished.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

famished

adjective

Desiring or craving food:

hungry, ravenous, starving, voracious.

Translations

جائِع جِدا

vyhladovělý

hundesulten

ausgehungert

famélico

affamé

kiéhezett

hungraîur

affamato morto di fame

išbadėjęs

izbadējiesļoti izsalcis

skrubbsulten

vyhladovaný

açlıktan ölmüş

非常饥饿

famished

[ˈfæmɪʃt] ADJ → famélico (fig) → muerto de hambre

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

famished

[ˈfæmɪʃt] adj

(lit) (= starving) → affamé(e)

(= very hungry) I'm famished! → je meurs de faim!

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

famished

adj (inf) → verhungert, ausgehungert; I’m absolutely famished → ich sterbe vor Hunger (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

famished

[ˈfæmɪʃt] adj → affamato/a
I'm famished! (fam) → ho una fame da lupi!

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

famished

(ˈfӕmiʃt) adjective

very hungry. I was famished after my long walk.

famished

a. famélico-a, hambriento-a.

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SOME DOGS famished with hunger saw a number of cowhides steeping in a river.

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famished upon the sifted meal and distilled water of a prudish purveyance.

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It was a weary and famished, but still a fighting and menacing army.

When water is spilled on dry ground both the dry ground and the water disappear and mud results; and in the same way the entry of the famished army into the rich and deserted city resulted in fires and looting and the destruction of both the army and the wealthy city.

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Had Tarzan been famished he would, doubtless, have stood his ground and met the lion's charge.

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"Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell?"

From such household occupations as their bare poverty yielded, from their children, from their aged and their sick crouching on the bare ground famished and naked, they ran out with streaming hair, urging one another, and themselves, to madness with the wildest cries and actions.

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After weeks on the ocean, the Shimerdas were famished for fruit.

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He described how he labored with her and convinced her; and how she almost died for joy when she had groped to where she actually saw the blue speck of daylight; how he pushed his way out at the hole and then helped her out; how they sat there and cried for gladness; how some men came along in a skiff and Tom hailed them and told them their situation and their famished condition; how the men didn't believe the wild tale at first, "because," said they, "you are five miles down the river below the valley the cave is in" -- then took them aboard, rowed to a house, gave them supper, made them rest till two or three hours after dark and then brought them home.

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To be near the goal while the enemy is still far from it, to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling, to be well-fed while the enemy is famished:--this is the art of husbanding one's strength.

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They searched in vain; not a trace of the men could be found; but they got into a region destitute of game, where they were well-nigh famished. At one time they were three entire days with-out a mouthful of food; at length they beheld a buffalo grazing at the foot of the mountain.

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As I was famished, I ordered a meal and polished it off.

Expensive turnip curry