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Definitions for Famishing
[1] to suffer or cause to suffer extreme hunger; starve.
[2] to starve to death.
[3] (now usually passive) to be or make very hungry or weak
[4] archaic to die or cause to die from starvation
[5] Irish to make very cold I was famished with the cold
Words related to Famishing
famisheager, keen, greedy, ravenous, abstain, forbear, diet, refrain, starve, famish, avid, carnivorous, covetous, craving, empty, famished, hankering, hollow, omnivorous, rapacious
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Origin of Famishing
1350–1400; Middle English famisshe, equivalent to famen to starve (< Anglo-French, Middle French afamer < Vulgar Latin *affamāre, equivalent to Latin af- af- + famāre, derivative of famēs hunger) + -isshe -ish2
Word origin for Famishing
C14: from Old French afamer , via Vulgar Latin, from Latin famēs famine
Synonyms for Famishing
eager, greedy, keen, ravenous, starved, athirst, avid, carnivorous, could eat a horse, covetous, craving, edacious, empty, esurient, famished, flying light, got the munchies, hankering, hoggish, hollow, hungered, insatiate, omnivorous, on empty stomach, piggish, rapacious, unfilled, unsatisfied, voracious, yearning