Synonyms for famished
ˈfæm ɪʃtfam·ished

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 7 votes

1. famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurientadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   starving, rapacious, avid, sharp-set, greedy, esurient, ravenous, starved, voracious, devouring(a), wolfish, edacious, ravening

   Antonyms:
   thirsty

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hangry

   being so hungry that you become angry

   "they have not eaten in 2 days, that's why they're hangry

   Submitted by anonymous on May 3, 2020  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "famished":

   starved

How to pronounce famished?

How to say famished in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use famished in a sentence?

1. Robert Collier:

   Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest that intense, eager, longing, craving, insistent, demanding, ravenous Desire which is akin to the persistent, insistent, ardent, overwhelming desire of the drowning man for a breath of air; of the shipwrecked or desert-lost man for a drink of water; of the famished man for bread and meat