famished

The word “famished” has 2 syllables: fam-ished

It's pronounced as /ˈfæmɪʃt/

What is synonym and antonym for famished?

In the thesaurus, “famished” has 74 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for famished along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for famished

bankrupt
bankrupted
beggared
beggarly
broke
bust
busted
cash-strapped
could eat a horse
depressed
deprived
destitute
dirt-poor
disadvantaged
dispossessed
distressed
dog-hungry
down-and-out
empty
flying light
gluttonous
gormandizing
greedy
hand-to-mouth
hard up
hardscrabble
having the munchies
hoggish
hollow
hungering
hungry
impecunious
impoverished
indigent
insatiable
insolvent
low
malnourished
necessitous
needful
needy
out at elbows
out at the elbows
out of pocket
pauperized
peckish
penniless
penurious
piggish
piggy
pinched
poor
poorish
possessionless
poverty-stricken
rapacious
ravening
ravenous
reduced
ruined
short
skint
starved
starved to death
starving
straitened
tapped out
threadbare
unaffluent
underfed
undernourished
underprivileged
voracious
wolfish

Antonyms for famished

affluent
comfortable
deep-pocketed
engorged
fat
fat-cat
flush
full
glutted
gorged
moneyed
monied
opulent
overfed
overfull
overstuffed
prosperous
replete
rich
sated
satiate
satiated
satisfied
silk-stocking
stuffed
surfeited
wealthy
well-heeled
well-off
well-to-do

Meanings of famished

verb
1. To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger.
3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
4. To force or constrain by famine.
5. To die of hunger; to starve.
6. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
7. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
adjective
1. Extremely hungry.

Example Sentences

After the long hike, we were absolutely famished and ready for a big meal.
The stray dog looked famished, so we gave it some food.
She was so famished that she ate three servings of dinner.
By the time the meeting ended, everyone was famished and rushed to the cafeteria.
He felt famished after skipping breakfast and lunch.

On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to famished, such as: affluent, bankrupt, bankrupted, beggared, beggarly, broke, bust.

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