Famished
['fæmɪʃt]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Checker: Rudolph--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Famish
Typist: Ollie
Examples
- And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Is she ill, or only famished? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Famished, I think. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To my checked, bridled, disciplined expectation, it seemed very kind: to my longing and famished thought it seemed, perhaps, kinder than it was. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You sympathize with that proud patrician who does not sympathize with his famished fellow-men, and insults them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was indeed a boon to us, for we all were nearly famished. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To his soldiers he said, You are famished and nearly naked. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Ollie