famish

Verbs

  • (v) be hungry; go without food
    • Let's eat--I'm starving!
    starve, hunger,
  • (v) deprive of food
    • They starved the prisoners
    starve,
  • (v) die of food deprivation
    • The political prisoners starved to death
    • Many famished in the countryside during the drought
    starve,

Synonyms

starve hunger

Antonyms

be full feed give

Words of close approximity

family famine
famished famishment