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famishing

/fam-ish/US // ˈfæm ɪʃ //UK // (ˈfæmɪʃ) //

饥荒,饥馑,饥饿,饥肠辘辘

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Definitions

  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : to suffer or cause to suffer extreme hunger; starve.
    • : to starve to death.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhungry

Examples

  • But the tendency to famish us displayed by our Rulers was not calculated to improve the morale of a civilian, or any, army.

  • Never varlets So triumph'd o'er an old fat man: I was famish'd.

  • Unless, like the King of Babylon, they were to eat grass in the fashion of beasts, it seemed they must soon famish.

  • But, in the interim, she must starve and famish like a white mouse learning to dance.'

  • Domitius therefore by preparing for his defence, and Marsus by seeming determined to famish, both protracted their lives.