Famished has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of famish
Adjective
1
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"
Example Sentences
"they were tired and famished for food and sleep"
adjective
"a ravenous boy"
adjective
"the family was starved and ragged"
adjective
"fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
adjective
Origin
The word famished comes from Old French, where it originally meant "to eat." It entered English with the sense of being extremely hungry.