What is another word for hungry?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈʌŋɡɹi], [ hˈʌŋɡɹi], [ h_ˈʌ_ŋ_ɡ_ɹ_i]
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Similar words for hungry:
- ambitious (adjective)
- avid (adjective)
- carnivorous (adjective)
- desirous (adjective)
- grabby (adjective)
- hungry (adjective)
- predatory (adjective)
- underfed (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- ardent (adjective)
- athirst (adjective)
- eager (adjective)
- enterprising (adjective)
- famished (adjective)
- greedy (adjective)
- hoggish (adjective)
- meager (adjective)
- starving (adjective)
- starving/starved (adjective)
- thirsty (adjective)
Synonyms for Hungry:
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adj.
• ambitious- High-reaching ,
- ball of fire ,
- bent upon ,
- come on strong ,
- fireball ,
- get up and go ,
- goal-oriented ,
- power-loving ,
- go getter ,
- hard ball ,
- inspired ,
- self-starting .
- flesh-eating ,
- flesh eating ,
- flesheating ,
- more cannibal ,
- more flesh eating ,
- more flesh-eating ,
- more flesheating ,
- most cannibal ,
- most flesh eating ,
- most flesh-eating ,
- most flesheating .
- Lusting ,
- acquisitive ,
- amorous ,
- covetous ,
- desirous ,
- expectant ,
- fond ,
- grasping ,
- hankering ,
- hopeful ,
- itching ,
- longing ,
- needful ,
- passionate ,
- urgent ,
- yearning .
- horny ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- loveydovey ,
- more fervent ,
- more lovey dovey ,
- more lovey-dovey ,
- more loveydovey ,
- most fervid ,
- most lovey dovey ,
- most lovey-dovey ,
- most loveydovey .
- de siring ,
- de-siring ,
- hot trot ,
- more appetent ,
- more hankering ,
- more pining ,
- more warmblooded ,
- more yearning ,
- most appetent ,
- most craving ,
- most hankering ,
- most pining ,
- most warmblooded ,
- most yearning ,
- rarin go ,
- rarin to go ,
- rarin' go ,
- ready willing .
- GOGO ,
- coming strong ,
- go go ,
- goahead ,
- more advancing ,
- more craving ,
- more diligent ,
- more go go ,
- more go-go ,
- more gogo ,
- more gumptious ,
- more itching ,
- more lusting ,
- more take over ,
- more take-over ,
- more takeover ,
- most advancing ,
- most go go ,
- most go-go ,
- most gogo ,
- most gumptious ,
- most itching ,
- most lusting ,
- most take over ,
- most take-over ,
- most takeover ,
- take-over .
- could eat horse ,
- dog hungry ,
- doghungry ,
- having munchies ,
- more dog hungry ,
- more dog-hungry ,
- more doghungry ,
- more hungering ,
- more ravening ,
- most dog hungry ,
- most dog-hungry ,
- most doghungry ,
- most hungering ,
- most ravening ,
- starved death .
- close fisted ,
- in satiate ,
- in temperate ,
- in-satiate ,
- in-temperate ,
- more esurient ,
- more gobbling ,
- more gormandizing ,
- more grudging ,
- more gulping ,
- more guzzling ,
- more insatiate ,
- more niggardly ,
- more prehensile ,
- more swinish ,
- more tight fisted ,
- more tight-fisted ,
- most esurient ,
- most gobbling ,
- most gormandizing ,
- most grudging ,
- most gulping ,
- most guzzling ,
- most insatiate ,
- most niggardly ,
- most prehensile ,
- most swinish ,
- most tight fisted ,
- most tight-fisted ,
- penurious ,
- tight fisted .
- lithe ,
- more beanpole ,
- more beanstalk ,
- more broomstick ,
- more rattleboned ,
- more stinted ,
- most beanpole ,
- most beanstalk ,
- most broomstick ,
- most rattleboned ,
- most stinted ,
- scraggier ,
- skin bones .
Other synonyms:
- ambitious ,
- envious ,
- famine ,
- grabby ,
- gurgle ,
- impatient ,
- longingly ,
- predatory ,
- ravening ,
- rumble ,
- starvation .
- appetite ,
- avaricious ,
- desperate .
- ingestion .
- after .
Other relevant words:
- Coveting ,
- Desiring ,
- Dinnerless ,
- Drouthy ,
- Energized ,
- Famishing ,
- Hoping ,
- Hungered ,
- Hungering ,
- Inspirited ,
- Lickerish ,
- Quadragesimal ,
- Vitalized ,
- aching ,
- agog ,
- animated ,
- antsy ,
- anxious ,
- appetency ,
- appetent ,
- arouse ,
- athirst ,
- audacity ,
- avidly ,
- backbone ,
- barren ,
- be hungry ,
- boldness ,
- bravery ,
- burning ,
- chivalry ,
- consumed with desire ,
- could eat a horse ,
- courage ,
- courageousness ,
- crave ,
- craving ,
- crazy ,
- curious ,
- dearth ,
- deprived ,
- desire ,
- die for ,
- dog-hungry ,
- dry ,
- dying ,
- eagerly ,
- earnest ,
- edacious ,
- emaciated ,
- empty ,
- empty-bellied ,
- energetic ,
- enterprising ,
- enthused ,
- enthusiastic ,
- esurient ,
- excite ,
- excited ,
- fain ,
- famish ,
- fasting ,
- fervent ,
- fervid ,
- flying light ,
- fortitude ,
- frisky ,
- gallantry ,
- gaunt ,
- geeked ,
- gimp ,
- give ,
- glutton ,
- got the munchies ,
- great ,
- greedily ,
- half-famished ,
- half-starved ,
- hanker after ,
- heroism ,
- hoggish ,
- hollow ,
- hopped-up ,
- hot ,
- hot to trot ,
- hunger after ,
- hungrily ,
- hungriness ,
- inanition ,
- inclined ,
- insatiable ,
- insatiate ,
- itchy ,
- juiced ,
- keen ,
- keenly ,
- lank ,
- lean ,
- lenten ,
- long for ,
- lust after ,
- malnourished ,
- manhood ,
- meager ,
- meagre ,
- mettle ,
- nerve ,
- nuts ,
- omnivorous ,
- on empty stomach ,
- optative ,
- partial ,
- partial to ,
- peckish ,
- piggish ,
- pinched ,
- pining ,
- poor ,
- prurient ,
- pumped ,
- randy ,
- rapacious ,
- raring ,
- ravenously ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- scarcity ,
- sedulous ,
- sexy ,
- sharp-set ,
- solicitous ,
- spirit ,
- spirited ,
- starve ,
- starved ,
- starveling ,
- stimulated ,
- stoked ,
- strong ,
- supperless ,
- thin ,
- thirst after ,
- underfed ,
- undernourished ,
- unfed ,
- unfilled ,
- unsatisfied ,
- up-and-coming ,
- valor ,
- vehement ,
- voraciously ,
- want ,
- wanting ,
- water ,
- wild ,
- willing ,
- wishful ,
- wishing ,
- wistful ,
- without food ,
- wolfish ,
- zealous .
- Droughty ,
- Thirsting ,
- ardent ,
- beanstalk ,
- bone dry ,
- broomstick ,
- coming on strong ,
- cottonmouthed ,
- crazy for ,
- dry as dust ,
- dying for ,
- eager ,
- famished ,
- go-go ,
- greedy ,
- gumptious ,
- having the munchies ,
- itching for ,
- juiceless ,
- lovey dovey ,
- lovey-dovey ,
- niggardly ,
- peaky ,
- pennypinching ,
- prehensile ,
- rarin' to go ,
- rattleboned ,
- sapless ,
- scraggiest ,
- scraggy ,
- skin and bones ,
- starved to death ,
- starving ,
- swinish ,
- take over ,
- tight-fisted ,
- warmblooded ,
- waterless ,
- wild for .
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How to use "Hungry" in context?
There is something particularly sad about people who are always hungry. It seems like an incredibly tough lifestyle to maintain, one where you are constantly on the lookout for anything that could provide a modicum of sustenance. For many of us, even an hour without sustenance is an ordeal. Yet for others, hunger is a permanent condition. What causes someone to become hungry? And what are the consequences of being overly Hungry?
Paraphrases for Hungry:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Verb, past participle
starved.
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Verb, past participle
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
appetite.
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Verb, past tense
stuffed.
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Verb, past participle
disappointed, fed.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Adjective
malnourished, starving, undernourished.
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Noun, singular or mass
starving.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
starving.
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Adjective
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