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. Dana Gunders:

   Too many people around the world are going hungry for us to be throwing away as much as we do, world resources — from water to land and energy — are too scarce to squander them on growing and transporting food that will never be eaten. To meet this ambitious new goal, we need everyone who grows, serves and eats food to do their part to ensure a steady global food supply into the future.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   Right now, the baby's crying, the baby's hungry, we need to address it right now, and I think we have good focus on it. And we'll see what the President has to say. And we have our proposals as well.

3. Pope Francis:

   You mothers give your children milk and even now, if they cry because they are hungry, breastfeed them, don't worry.

4. Brené Brown:

   We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.

5. Krishan Kumar:

   I come from a small household and we don't have much money, my entire family is dependent on me for a source of income and they will go hungry if I don't have this.