Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of famish
adjectivefamished (comparative more famished, superlative most famished)
comparative more famished · superlative most famished
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Inflected forms.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πρόσπεινος
- πρόσπεινος (próspeinos)extremely hungry
Arabic ضَارِم, مُعَصَّب
- ضَارِم (ḍārim)extremely hungry
- مُعَصَّب (muʕaṣṣab)extremely hungry
- خَميصextremely hungry
Chinese Mandarin 惄
- 惄 (nì)extremely hungry
Czech vyhladovělý, umírající hlady
- vyhladovělýextremely hungry
- umírající hladyextremely hungry
Danish udhungret
- udhungretextremely hungry
Dutch uitgehongerd
- uitgehongerdextremely hungry
French affamé
- affaméextremely hungry
German verhungert, ausgehungert
- verhungertextremely hungry
- ausgehungertextremely hungry
Greek νηστικός, πειναλέος
- νηστικός (nistikós)extremely hungry
- πειναλέος (peinaléos)extremely hungry
Latin famēlicus
- famēlicusextremely hungry
Māori pakaroa, matekai
- pakaroaextremely hungry
- matekaiextremely hungry
Polish wygłodzony, zgłodniały
- wygłodzonyextremely hungry
- zgłodniałyextremely hungry
Portuguese faminto, esfomeado
- famintoextremely hungry
- esfomeadoextremely hungry
Romanian înfometat, hămesit
- înfometatextremely hungry
- hămesitextremely hungry
Russian голо́дный, изголода́вшийся
- голо́дный (golódnyj)extremely hungry
- изголода́вшийся (izgolodávšijsja)extremely hungry
- голода́ющий (golodájuščij)extremely hungry
Spanish hambreado, afamado
- hambreadoextremely hungry
- afamadoextremely hungry
- famélicoextremely hungry
- hambrónextremely hungry
Swedish utsvulten
- utsvultenextremely hungry
Tagalog dayukdok
- dayukdokextremely hungry
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famished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/famished
MLA
“famished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/famished. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “famished,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/famished.
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