FAMISHMENT Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

famishment

noun

Definition of famishment

as in hunger

a need or desire for food there's something about outdoor activity that invariably increases one's famishment

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Noun

Pausing midway through a meal to check in with your hunger is a good rule of thumb, and boxing half of a meal at a restaurant to bring home can also help.

— Gavin Escott, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Glosson believes the biggest factor was a decline in the number of families receiving food assistance — though the need to help ease hunger is still there.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hunger

Noun

Long-standing problems and new barriers are combining to make a career in dietetics less appealing and less financially feasible, just as the nation is increasing its appetite for nutrition in health care.

— Lauren Chan, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026
Customers from the Middle East and Southeast Asia have also expressed an appetite for the brand.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of appetite

Noun

Trains rumble behind the main stadiums, Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong, while planes approaching and departing from La Guardia Airport bring their stomach-churning roars.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Ink likely wouldn’t cause toxicity, but might cause an upset stomach, according to the National Capital Poison Center.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomach

Noun

That means making sure humanitarian groups can get into conflict zones, protecting agricultural infrastructure from attacks, and prohibiting the use of starvation as a weapon of war.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Penn State researchers developed a wearable sensor that continuously monitors low rates of perspiration for lactate, a biomarker that can indicate oxygen starvation in tissues.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of starvation

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