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. Peter Bouckaert:

   The detainees at Roszke are held in filthy, overcrowded conditions, hungry, and lacking medical care, the Hungarian authorities have an obligation to ensure that migrants and asylum-seekers are held in humane conditions and that their rights are respected.

2. Craig Thomas, Carter Bays:

   ralph macchio: it's gonna be incr.. wait for it... and I hope you're hungry, cause the second half of that word is edible! incredible!

3. The Pope:

   Just one bit of advice: when a child cries because he's hungry, I'll say to the mothers -- if your child is hungry, feel free to feed him here.

4. Eric Hoffer:

   People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

5. Harison Kitaa:

   This is a lasting solution to a problem that has rocked us for several years, even without the export market, we cannot go hungry as has been the case in the past.