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Synonyms & Antonyms of famished
1
feeling a desire or need for food
- after a full day of skiing, I was feeling absolutely famished
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2
lacking money or material possessions
- a group of local citizens working to ease the plight of the famished families in their community
Synonyms for famished
- beggared,
- beggarly,
- broke,
- destitute,
- dirt-poor,
- down-and-out,
- hard up,
- impecunious,
- impoverished,
- indigent,
- necessitous,
- needful,
- needy,
- pauperized,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poverty-stricken,
- skint
- [chiefly British],
- threadbare
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- affluent,
- deep-pocketed,
- fat,
- fat-cat,
- flush,
- moneyed
- (also monied),
- opulent,
- rich,
- silk-stocking,
- wealthy,
- well-heeled,
- well-off,
- well-to-do
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“Famished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/famished. Accessed 27 Nov. 2021.
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The first known use of famished was in the 15th century
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