Associations to the word «Famished»

Wiktionary

FAMISHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of famish
FAMISHED, adjective. Extremely hungry.

Dictionary definition

FAMISHED, adjective. Extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley