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famishedfam‧ished /ˈfæmɪʃt/ adjective [not before noun] informal   famishedOrigin: 1300-1400 fame ‘to make hungry’ (1300-1400), from Latin fames; ➔ FAMINE - What's for dinner? I'm absolutely famished.
- I was famished, having had no food or sleep for thirty hours.
wanting to eat► hungry wanting to eat something: · We were really hungry after our long walk.· It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids. ► peckish [not before noun] British English informal a little hungry: · I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge? ► starving/ravenous (also starved American English) [not before noun] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: · I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving.· Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school. ► famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: · Everyone was famished by the time they arrived. ► I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry: · ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’ ► appetite the desire for food that you have when you are hungry: · Exercise usually gives me an appetite.· It’s healthy to have a good appetite. wanting to eat► hungry · We were really hungry after our long walk.· Are you hungry? Do you want a sandwich?· Hungry shoppers waited in line at the food counters. ► feel like something to eat/want something to eat spoken to want to eat something: · It's 12 o'clock - do you feel like something to eat?· Do you guys want something to eat? ► starving/ravenous/famished also starved American spoken very hungry: · Can we talk about this after dinner, please? I'm famished.· I missed lunch and I'm starved.· Normally she did not eat a lot in the morning, but today she was ravenous.absolutely starving/ravenous/famished: · I've been driving for eight hours non-stop and I am absolutely starving. ► peckish British informal a little hungry: · I'm feeling a bit peckish. What's in the fridge?· The kids were getting peckish so Sammy found a cafe nearby. ► have/get the munchies informal to begin to feel a little hungry, and want something to eat, especially something small rather than a large meal: · If you get the munchies later on there are some cookies in the kitchen. extremely hungry SYN starving:  What’s for supper? I’m famished. |