famished
adj . 饿死了
饿死了
famished adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
famished }, {
ravenous }, {
sharp -
set },
{
starved }, {
esurient }]
Famish \
Fam "
ish \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Famished };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Famishing }.] [
OE .
famen ;
cf .
OF .
afamer ,
L .
fames .
See {
Famine },
and cf . {
Affamish }.]
1 .
To starve ,
kill ,
or destroy with hunger . --
Shak .
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2 .
To exhaust the strength or endurance of ,
by hunger ;
to distress with hanger .
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And when all the land of Egypt was famished ,
the people cried to Pharaoh for bread . --
Cen .
xli .
55 .
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The pains of famished Tantalus he '
ll feel . --
Dryden .
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3 .
To kill ,
or to cause to suffer extremity ,
by deprivation or denial of anything necessary .
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And famish him of breath ,
if not of bread . --
Milton .
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4 .
To force or constrain by famine .
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He had famished Paris into a surrender . --
Burke .
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "
famished ":
bare -
handed ,
beggarly ,
craving ,
dog -
hungry ,
empty ,
empty -
handed ,
famishing ,
fasting ,
half -
famished ,
half -
starved ,
hungering ,
hungry ,
ill off ,
ill -
equipped ,
ill -
furnished ,
ill -
provided ,
impoverished ,
on short commons ,
pauperized ,
peckish ,
pinched with hunger ,
poor ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
sharp -
set ,
shorthanded ,
starved ,
starveling ,
starving ,
underfed ,
undermanned ,
undernourished ,
unfed ,
unfilled ,
unprovided ,
unreplenished ,
unsupplied ,
voracious ,
wolfish
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