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FAMISHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely hungry
Example:
fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
Synonyms:
esurient; famished; ravenous; sharp-set; starved
Classified under:
Similar:
hungry (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb famish
Context examples:
The wild wave of famished beasts rolled back before them, and Buck shook himself free.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Is she ill, or only famished?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Famished, I think.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia; and not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us, as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
