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famished

adjective
🔊/ˈfæmɪʃt/
🔊/ˈfæmɪʃt/
 [not usually before noun] (informal, becoming old-fashioned)
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  1. very hungry很饿 synonym starve
    • When's lunch? I'm famished!什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！🔊🔊
    • famished refugees饥饿的难民
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: past participle of the verb famish, from Middle English fame ‘starve’, from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames ‘hunger’.