Antonyms for famished


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fam-isht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæm ɪʃt


Definition of famished

Origin :
  • c.1400, famyschen, alteration of famen (late 14c.), a shortening of Old French afamer, from Vulgar Latin *affamare "to bring to hunger," from ad famem, from Latin fames "hunger" (see famine).
  • Ending changed mid-14c. to -ish under influence of ravish, anguish, etc. The intransitive sense is from 1520s. Related: Famished; famishing.
  • adj starving
Example sentences :
  • It was simply a bare, gaunt, famished skeleton, slaying his way along.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • That's well—and that ould Matthew is as obstinate a neger as ever famished his stomach.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • These she produced likewise; and he ate and drank with the voracity of a famished hound.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • It seemed to Madame Francois that he was in far too famished a condition to have got drunk.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • However, that was a slight affair, and Vance was far too famished to be particular.
  • Extract from : « Prince Vance » by Eleanor Putnam
  • This, you may imagine, the famished Prince was only too glad to do.
  • Extract from : « Prince Vance » by Eleanor Putnam
  • Oh, mother, the famine was sore, and he was kind to the famished people!
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • The famished Leaguers were now in a condition to make but a feeble resistance.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Such was the life for which she yearned with every famished aspiration of her being.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • "Then come at once and remove the spell," cried the famished HÅ“nir.
  • Extract from : « Told by the Northmen: » by E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton

Synonyms for famished

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