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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of famish form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Extremely hungry.

   "I'm famished; I haven't eaten since yesterday."

Adjective

1. 1
   extremely hungry wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bare handedbare-handedbeggarlycravingdog-hungryempty

Example

More examples

"The villagers were afraid of the famished bears."

Etymology

Inflected forms.

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