famishment (Meaning)

Wordnet

famishment (n)

a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

Webster

famishment (n.)

State of being famished.

famishment Sentence Examples

  1. The famished dog's soulful eyes pleaded for food as it stared up at its owner.
  2. After days of hiking through the wilderness, the group's famishment drove them to make risky decisions just to find sustenance.
  3. The famished traveler stumbled into the village, his clothes torn and his face gaunt.
  4. The prolonged famishment caused the children's bodies to become frail and weak, their skin clinging tightly to their bones.
  5. The famine-stricken country's famishment led to widespread disease and social unrest.
  6. The famishment in the city was so severe that people were reduced to eating rats and pigeons.
  7. Despite the famishment and desolation that surrounded them, a flicker of hope remained in the survivors' eyes.
  8. The famishment of the prisoners was a deliberate tactic employed by the captors to break their spirits.
  9. The famished cat prowled the alleyways, its piercing green eyes scanning for scraps of food.
  10. The famished lion approached the watering hole, its powerful muscles tensed as it prepared to hunt.

FAQs About the word famishment

a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged periodState of being famished.

appetite, stomach, starvation,hunger, belly,craving, munchies, emptiness, greed, voraciousness

satiety, fullness, surfeit, inappetence, satiation, fill,satisfaction, glut, fill, glut

The famished dog's soulful eyes pleaded for food as it stared up at its owner.

After days of hiking through the wilderness, the group's famishment drove them to make risky decisions just to find sustenance.

The famished traveler stumbled into the village, his clothes torn and his face gaunt.

The prolonged famishment caused the children's bodies to become frail and weak, their skin clinging tightly to their bones.