Famished

/ˈfæmɪʃt/

Synonyms for "famished" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Adjective(2 words)

bare handedbare-handed beggarly craving dog-hungry emptyempty handedempty-handed famishing

Strong matches (15)

fasting half-famished half-starved hollow hungering hungryill offill-equipped ill-furnished ill-off ill-provided impoverished

Adjective(3 words)

hungrier hungriest hungry

Related words (26)

on short commonspauperized peckishpinched with hungerpoor ravening ravenous sharp-set shorthanded starved starveling starving underfed undermanned undernourished unfed unfilled unprovided unreplenished unsupplied

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voracious wolfish

Adjective(4 words)

sharp-set starved starving supperless

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

hungry

More specific

2 entries

ravenous starving

Collocations

6 entries

famished after long fastfamished crowdfamished for foodfamished lookfamished studentfamished traveler

Inflections

2 entries

more famishedmost famished

Derivations

3 entries

famish famishing famishment

similar

1 entries

hungry

Sample sentences

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I'm famished!

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The villagers were afraid of the famished bears.

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I'm famished.

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Tom is famished.

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