famish

(făm'ĭsh)

v., -ished, -ish·ing, -ish·es.

v.tr.

1. To cause to endure severe hunger.
2. To cause to starve to death.

v.intr.

1. To endure severe deprivation, especially of food.
2. To undergo starvation and die.

[Middle English famishen, alteration of famen, from Old French afamer, from Vulgar Latin *affamāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin famēs, hunger.]

famishment fam'ish·ment n.

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adjective

Desiring or craving food: hungry, ravenous, starving, voracious. See ingestion.

adj

Definition: starving
Antonyms: full, sated, satiated, satisfied

IN BRIEF: To suffer from a lack of something necessary.

The climbers were famished when they finally reached the summit.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ved at dø af sult, skrupsulten, forsulten

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgehongerd, behoeftig

Français (French)
adj. - affamé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ausgehungert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λιμοκτονών, λιμασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
affamato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esfomeado

Русский (Russian)
проголодаться, умирать с голоду, голодный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - muerto de hambre, hambriento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utsvulten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非常饥饿的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非常饑餓的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 굶주리는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 腹がぺこぺこな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جائع جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מת מרעב, רעב מאוד‬

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