famished

Definition of famished

Adjectives

extremely hungry
"they were tired and famished for food and sleep"
Synonyms:
esurient, ravenous, sharp-set, starved
hungry
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
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WordMasters: Grade 5 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08 »(25 words)
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Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
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Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" Chapters 1-17 »(606 words)
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - Chapters 1-4 »(415 words)
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 26-39 »(321 words)
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" »(234 words)
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James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter" »(144 words)
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