FAMISHMENT Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

famishment

noun

Definition of famishment

as in hunger

a need or desire for food there's something about outdoor activity that invariably increases one's famishment

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Noun

His efforts to interfere with his own facility were an expression both of his dividedness and of his deep hunger for freedom.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Maybe my argument was so strong, the AI would realize that its tech overlords were using this insanely powerful technology not to solve hunger or climate change, but to make reading less essential.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hunger

Noun

The market has already shown a voracious appetite for companies demonstrating copious free cash flows at a time when it's become scarce.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
What everyone was caught up in was an appetite with a longer history than the social media platforms now feeding it.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of appetite

Noun

Creative fare like biryani arancini, crab risotto with curry leaf pesto, and chicken tikka pot pie are worth arriving with an empty stomach for.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
The court heard how the former nurse, now 36, attacked babies in her care by administering air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them and poisoning them with insulin.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomach

Noun

But all of the effort is ultimately in vain, as every worker wasp will eventually perish from starvation or cold weather.

— Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
That means making sure humanitarian groups can get into conflict zones, protecting agricultural infrastructure from attacks, and prohibiting the use of starvation as a weapon of war.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of starvation

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