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Synonyms for famished
ˈfæm ɪʃtfam·ished
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Princeton's WordNet
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, raveningAntonyms:
thirsty
Editors Contribution
hangry
being so hungry that you become angry
"they have not eaten in 2 days, that's why they're hangry
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "famished":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#12315 | avid | |
#18694 | greedy | |
#23922 | starving | |
#30333 | starved | |
#65061 | voracious | |
#65151 | ravenous | |
#108194 | rapacious | |
#113562 | famished | |
#190114 | wolfish | |
#212898 | ravening |
How to use famished in a sentence?
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
Translations for famished
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- مجوعArabic
- HladovíCzech
- udhungret, famishedDanish
- ausgehungert, verhungertGerman
- πεινασμένοςGreek
- famélicoSpanish
- گرسنهPersian
- nälkiintynytFinnish
- affaméFrench
- भूखाHindi
- kiéhezettHungarian
- sangat laparIndonesian
- affamatoItalian
- מוּרעָבHebrew
- famishedJapanese
- lassusLatin
- pakaroaMāori
- uitgehongerdDutch
- sultenNorwegian
- zgłodniały, wygłodzony, głodnyPolish
- faminta, faminto, esfomeado, esfomeadaPortuguese
- înfometate, înfometată, înfometați, hămesit, înfometatRomanian
- голо́дный, изголода́вшийся, изголодавшийся, голода́ющийRussian
- utsvultenSwedish
- களைத்துப்போய்Tamil
- ఆకలితో అల్లాడేTelugu
- หิวThai
- açlıktan Turkish
- зголоднілийUkrainian
- بھوکاUrdu
- Đói khátVietnamese
- פאַמישעדYiddish
- 餒Chinese
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