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
Poverty-stricken and famished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poverty-stricken" instead an adjective "Famished".
Poverty-stricken
Poverty-stricken adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet
Famished and poverty-stricken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Famished" instead an adjective phrase "Poverty-stricken".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and famished
- poor and poverty-stricken
- beggarly and famished
- beggarly and poverty-stricken
- impoverished and famished
- impoverished and poverty-stricken
- needful and famished
- needful and poverty-stricken
- needy and famished
- needy and poverty-stricken
- dirt-poor and famished
- dirt-poor and poverty-stricken
- pinched and famished
- pinched and poverty-stricken
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Poverty-stricken and Famished. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/famished/poverty-stricken
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