Thesaurus: hungry

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1. superl. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2. superl. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
3. superl. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
4. adj. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
5. adj. (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
6. 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire. 2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. The cruel, hungry foam. C. Kingsley. Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak. 3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. "The hungry beach." Shak.
7. j:100 a. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food