Famished
Famished adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: do-gooders who were terribly distraught about the poor in other countries but were oblivious to the plight of the famished families in their own community
Poorish and famished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poorish" instead an adjective "Famished".
Poorish
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and famished
- poor and poorish
- beggarly and famished
- beggarly and poorish
- impoverished and famished
- impoverished and poorish
- needful and famished
- needful and poorish
- needy and famished
- needy and poorish
- poverty-stricken and famished
- poverty-stricken and poorish
- dirt-poor and famished
- dirt-poor and poorish
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