| ADJECTIVE | all | hungry | feeling hunger |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | hungry, athirst, thirsty | (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous |
| Sounds | hhah'nggriy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a world full of hungry people" | |
| Narrower | empty, empty-bellied | Needing nourishment |
| famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient | Extremely hungry | |
| peckish | Somewhat hungry | |
| supperless | Without supper | |
| Opposite | thirsty | Feeling a need or desire to drink |
| Spanish | hambriento | |
| Catalan | afamat | |
| Nouns | hunger, hungriness | a physiological need for food |
| Adverbs | hungrily | in the manner of someone who is very hungry |
| Meaning | (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "hungry for recognition" | |
| Synonyms | athirst, thirsty | |
| Broader | desirous, wishful | Having or expressing desire for something |
| Nouns | hunger | strong desire for something (not food or drink) |
| hungriness | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | |
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