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Spell Bee Word: Famished


What does famished mean?

Word: Famished

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Famished means extremely hungry; so hungry that you feel weak.

Synonyms: ravenous, hungry

Antonyms: full, satisfied

How do you spell famished?

Syllables: fam - ished

Tricky part: Say fam-ished: the second part sounds like isht but is written ished, as in finished.

Watch out for: famisht, fameshed

Memory tip: Famished sounds like famine, a time when there is no food, and the two words start the same way.

Famished in a sentence

Example 1: I was famished after the long trek, so I ate three bread rolls.

Example 2: The famished puppy finished its bowl in seconds.

Example 3: We reached home famished because the train was four hours late.

Fun Fact

Famish was formed about 600 years ago from an older verb, fame, to starve, which came through French from the Latin fames, hunger.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: famished

a) starving
b) greedy
c) restless
d) thirsty

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a) starving. Someone famished is so hungry they feel as if they are starving.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sedhimaf

a) famished
b) finished
c) vanished
d) fashioned

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a) famished. Finished and vanished need an n, and fashioned an o; only famished uses these eight letters.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ravenus
b) delicous
c) appetitte
d) famished

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d) famished. Famished is right; ravenous, appetite and delicious have each lost or gained a letter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When would a person most likely feel famished?

a) soon after waking from a short nap
b) after a glass of water and a snack
c) right after finishing a large dinner
d) after skipping lunch and playing all afternoon

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d) after skipping lunch and playing all afternoon

2. Which is the best thing to give a famished traveller?

a) a cold drink
b) a warm blanket
c) a road map
d) a hot meal

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d) a hot meal

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: full, satisfied

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