Famished
adjective
Extremely hungry.
After a long day of hiking, they were all famished.
Often appears as...
- famished for food
- felt famished
adjective
Desperate for something.
He is famished for knowledge and reads books every chance he gets.
Often appears as...
- famished for knowledge
- famished for attention
adjective
Extremely hungry.
After a long day of hiking, they were all famished.
Often appears as...
- famished for food
- felt famished
adjective
Desperate for something.
He is famished for knowledge and reads books every chance he gets.
Often appears as...
- famished for knowledge
- famished for attention
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Hunger
Used to express a very high level of hunger, usually after not eating for a long time.
I skipped lunch, and now I'm absolutely famished.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often used to exaggerate hunger for humorous or dramatic effect, not always literal.
I could eat a horse, I'm so famished!
Pro Tip 3/3Empathetic Situations
Use 'famished' to express understanding when someone is extremely hungry due to an event.
You must be famished after running that marathon!
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Hunger
Used to express a very high level of hunger, usually after not eating for a long time.
I skipped lunch, and now I'm absolutely famished.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often used to exaggerate hunger for humorous or dramatic effect, not always literal.
I could eat a horse, I'm so famished!
Pro Tip 3/3Empathetic Situations
Use 'famished' to express understanding when someone is extremely hungry due to an event.
You must be famished after running that marathon!
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Hunger
Used to express a very high level of hunger, usually after not eating for a long time.
I skipped lunch, and now I'm absolutely famished.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often used to exaggerate hunger for humorous or dramatic effect, not always literal.
I could eat a horse, I'm so famished!
Pro Tip 3/3Empathetic Situations
Use 'famished' to express understanding when someone is extremely hungry due to an event.
You must be famished after running that marathon!
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How open data is...
this most viscerally when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty and as I went village to village I remember one day when I was famished and exhausted and I was almost collapsing in a
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Hyenas on the Hunt PIPE...
scavengers like this lappet-faced vulture try to join the party but the famished hyenas aren't in a mood to share about all that are left are
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Sanjay Pradhan: How open...
when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty. And as I went village to village, I remember one day, when I was famished and exhausted,
Video examples
How open data is...
this most viscerally when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty and as I went village to village I remember one day when I was famished and exhausted and I was almost collapsing in a
Video examples
Hyenas on the Hunt PIPE...
scavengers like this lappet-faced vulture try to join the party but the famished hyenas aren't in a mood to share about all that are left are
Video examples
Sanjay Pradhan: How open...
when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty. And as I went village to village, I remember one day, when I was famished and exhausted,
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Summer Sanders
American Athlete
A lot of my struggles with nutrition date back to my swimming days. I was a super-skinny young girl who would go through hours of intense training. Afterward, I'd be famished, but I had a two-hour trip home before dinner. When I did my hardest workouts, I often ate less; I was too tired to think about food.
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Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
Don't let yourself get stuck without a healthy snack option. If you allow yourself to get famished at work, you're going to be more likely to get your snack from the vending machine, and when was the last time you saw something fresh and healthy in one of those?
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R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
I eat before I feel hungry. I know that when you order food or shop on an empty stomach, you always tend to over-eat, over-order, or over-shop. So I always eat slightly before I'm famished.
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Andrew Solomon
Writer
No perfectionist has ever met his own benchmarks, and no one so famished for admiration has ever received enough of it.
Quote examples
Summer Sanders
American Athlete
A lot of my struggles with nutrition date back to my swimming days. I was a super-skinny young girl who would go through hours of intense training. Afterward, I'd be famished, but I had a two-hour trip home before dinner. When I did my hardest workouts, I often ate less; I was too tired to think about food.
Quote examples
Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
Don't let yourself get stuck without a healthy snack option. If you allow yourself to get famished at work, you're going to be more likely to get your snack from the vending machine, and when was the last time you saw something fresh and healthy in one of those?
Quote examples
R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
I eat before I feel hungry. I know that when you order food or shop on an empty stomach, you always tend to over-eat, over-order, or over-shop. So I always eat slightly before I'm famished.
Quote examples
Andrew Solomon
Writer
No perfectionist has ever met his own benchmarks, and no one so famished for admiration has ever received enough of it.
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