What does famished mean?
Definitions 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"
Wiktionary
famishedadjective
Extremely hungry.
Etymology: Inflected forms.
Webster Dictionary
Famished
of Famish
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of famished in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of famished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of 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
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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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