Famish

//ˈfamɪʃ//

Synonyms for "famish" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

asphyxiate begrudge choke drown

Strong matches (6)

grudge od pinch scamp scant

Verb(1 words)

hunger

Related words (9)

screw scrimp skimp smother starve stint strangle suffocate

Verb(1 words)

starve

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

22 entries

ache buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk croak decease deprive die drop dead exit expire give-up the ghost go hurt kick the bucket

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Synonyms

1 entries

starve

derived

2 entries

famisher famishment

related to

4 entries

endurance hunger starve strength

similar

1 entries

starve

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

гладувам verb (To suffer extreme hunger)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

nerribrenin verb (To suffer extreme hunger)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Even so did Corellius Rufus, another grave senator, by the relation of Plinius Secundus, Epist. lib.1, epist.12, famish himself to death […]

Source: wiktionary

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread.

Source: wiktionary

The pains of famished Tantalus [he] shall feel.

Source: wiktionary

And famish him of breath, if not of bread?

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