famish

Verb

Verb Forms: famished, famishing, famishes

To suffer from extreme hunger; to starve.
be hungry; go without food
deprive of food
die of food deprivation
- "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.
To force, control, or constrain by famine.
To die of hunger; to starve to death.
To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

Examples

After a long Scrabble game, my brain was famished for a mental break.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English famisshe, from famen (“starve”), from Old French afamer, ultimately from Latin famēs (“hunger”). Compare affamish, famine. Cognate with Spanish hambre (“hunger”).

Synonyms

hunger, starve

Antonyms

be full, feed

Scrabble Score: 14

famish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
famish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
famish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

famish: valid Words With Friends Word