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Another word for famished

Adjective

  1. Desiring or craving food

    2. See also:

    ingestion

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Another word for famished

Modifier
    2. See also:

    hungry

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Sentence Examples

  • Jackson awoke, famished; he once again had not fed all day.

  • It was a weary and famished, but still a fighting and menacing army.

  • Next day the siege begins, and after forty days the famished inhabitants urge the governor Ozias to surrender, which he consents to do unless relieved in five days.

  • Domino's Pizza chain is an excellent choice for many famished pizza patrons.

  • It can be disappointing to show up at a restaurant, famished for dinner, and find out that the maître d' refuses to seat you because you're not wearing a tie.

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