famished

• Adjetivo que significa extremamente faminto, com muita fome.

An adjective meaning extremely hungry.

1. Extremely hungryB2informal

   Feeling a very strong need for food; starving.

   Faminto

   • After the long hike, we were absolutely famished.
   • I skipped lunch, so by dinner time I was famished.
   • The children came home from school famished and ate everything in sight.

   Sinônimosemptyhungrypeckishravenousstarvedstarving

   Antônimosfullsatiatedsatisfied

• Verbo arcaico: matar de fome, fazer alguém passar fome. Atualmente, o adjetivo derivado 'famished' significa 'faminto, com muita fome'.

To cause someone to suffer from extreme hunger; to starve. Now largely replaced by 'starve' in literal use, but the past participle 'famished' remains common in informal contexts to mean 'very hungry'.

1. Causing to starveC2formal

   To make someone suffer greatly from lack of food; to starve.

   Matar de fome, fazer passar fome

   • The siege threatened to starve the entire population.
   • They were cruelly starved by their captors.
   • The drought could bring famine and starve the region.
   • To deny them aid was effectively to sentence them to death by hunger.

   Sinônimosmalnourishstarveundernourish

   Antônimosfeedglutnourishsatiate

2. To be or become very hungry (archaic verb, now only preserved in the adjective 'famished')informal

   To suffer extreme hunger; to be starving. The verb itself is obsolete in this intransitive use, but the concept survives in the adjective 'famished'.

   Estar ou ficar com muita fome (verbo arcaico, hoje só se conserva o adjetivo 'famished')

   • By the time dinner arrived, the children were completely famished.
   • I'm absolutely famished; let's grab something to eat now.
   • The hikers felt utterly famished after the long trek.
   • She claimed she was famished enough to eat a horse.

   Sinônimoshungerstarve

   Antônimosgorgesatesatiatestuff