ADJECTIVE | all | hungry | feeling hunger |
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all | hungry, athirst, thirsty | (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous |
Sounds | hhah'nggriy | |
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Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food. | |
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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. | |
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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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