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very hungry in English:

1. famished famished


I'm famished!
I'm famished, how long are we gonna have to wait?

English word "very hungry"(famished) occurs in sets:

Advanced 5 (Eat up!)
extreme adjectives
Słówka 27.02

2. starving starving


I'm starving!
I saw many people starving to death on TV.
I'd been on my own all week and was starving for conversation.
You must be starving now after your long walk.
He swallowed a piece of toast because he was starving.
Provide starving people with food.
pictures of starving children
I think the pope should sell off some of the vast holdings of his church to feed the starving poor.
I'm starving. When the hell do we eat.
I gasped with surprise at the horrible picture of the starving people.
Can I have a sandwich? I’m starving.
Let's eat something, I'm starving.
After five days alone, Yossi was exhausted and starving.
I was starving when I came home from school.
She's starving herself to try to lose weight.

English word "very hungry"(starving) occurs in sets:

Stop saying very PART 2
Lesson 2B (2)
Lesson 2B (2)
Upbeat 5b-5D

3. ravenous ravenous


I'm ravenous
Growing children have ravenous appetites.
If you’re not just hungry, you’re very hungry or really hungry, it’s you’re hungrier than just being hungry, but I guess you could choose to use a different word; to say “I’m famished” or “I’m ravenous” or something else instead of using the adverb.
I awoke this morning at the crack of dawn, only to find that the crops had been ruined by ravenous birds.

English word "very hungry"(ravenous) occurs in sets:

Nowa książka II
very + adjective