Synonyms for hungry
ˈhʌŋ grihun·g·ry

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1. hungryadjective

   Synonyms:
   peckish, famished, starving

2. hungryadjective

   affected by hunger; desirous of food; having a physical need for food.

   Synonyms:
   peckish, starving, famished

3. hungryadjective

   eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.

   Synonyms:
   famished, peckish, starving

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1. hungryadjective

   feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

   "a world full of hungry people"

   Synonyms:
   hungry(p), athirst(p), thirsty(p)

   Antonyms:
   undesiring, thirsty, undesirous

2. athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

   "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"

   Antonyms:
   undesirous, undesiring, thirsty

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1. hungryadjective

   Synonyms:
   craving (for food), famishing, ravenous, sharp-set

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1. hungryadjective

   Synonyms:
   voracious, ravenous, eager, starved, depleted, infertile, barren

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1. List of paraphrases for "hungry":

   faim, hunger, starving, starvation, starve, ravenous, appetite, starved, munchies, fame

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1. Chi-ling Lin:

   When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

2. Alexandre Baradez:

   At $72 a barrel, we're well below the pain threshold for many companies in the sector, however, it's pretty good news for the energy-hungry sectors such as airlines.

3. Daphna Shohamy:

   I'm hungry. I'm going to get up and drive to a pizzeria to grab some pizza. But driving involves risk because you could get into an accident, if you're suffering from anxiety disorders, you may say,' No, I'm not going to even risk getting in the car because I couldn't relax.' If you're drunk, then the risk is even higher. And it becomes a computation game.

4. Seamus Mullen:

   My grandmother had a lot of broccoli, you either ate it or went hungry. If the option for something bad isn’t there, you can’t eat it.

5. Scott Baird:

   It's definitely a less hungry and more thirsty crowd.