famished

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.

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

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fam′ish·ment n.

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famished

(ˈfæmɪʃt)

adj

1. informal very hungry or weak

2. suffering from starvation

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fam•ished

(ˈfæm ɪʃt)

adj.

extremely hungry.

[1375–1425]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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"

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famished

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

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famished

adjective

Desiring or craving food:

hungry, ravenous, starving, voracious.

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Translations

جائِع جِدا

vyhladovělý

hundesulten

ausgehungert

famélico

affamé

kiéhezett

hungraîur

affamatomorto di fame

išbadėjęs

izbadējiesļoti izsalcis

skrubbsulten

vyhladovaný

açlıktan ölmüş

非常饥饿

famished

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

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famished

[ˈfæmɪʃt] adj

(lit) (= starving) → affamé(e)

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

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famished

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

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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. honger wees, vergaan/ doodgaan van die honger جائِع جِدا изгладнял faminto vyhladovělý ausgehungert hundesulten που λιμοκτονεί, πεινασμένοςfamélico, hambriento huntnäljane بسیار گرسنه nälkäinen affamé גוֹוֵע מִרָעָב भूख से पीड़ित izgladnio kiéhezett kelaparan hungraður affamato 腹ぺこの 굶주린 išbadėjęs ļoti izsalcis; izbadējies sangat lapar uitgehongerdskrubbsulten wygłodzony په لوږه اخته كېدل، وږى كېدل، له لوږې سټېدل faminto/esfomeado înfometat голодный vyhladovaný sestradan izgladneo utsvulten หิวมาก açlıktan ölmüş 非常飢餓 дуже голодний انتہائی بھوکا rất đói 非常饥饿

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famished

a. famélico-a, hambriento-a.

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