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hungry

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hungry

1 feeling a desire or need for food
  • John was still hungry after eating only a muffin for breakfast.
Synonyms of hungry

empty, famished, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving
Words Related to hungry

rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

malnourished, underfed, undernourished

gluttonous, gormandizing, greedy, hoggish, insatiable, piggish, piggy
Near Antonyms of hungry

engorged, glutted, gorged, overfed, overfull, overstuffed, replete, stuffed, surfeited
Antonyms of hungry

full, sated, satiate, satiated, satisfied
2 showing urgent desire or interest
  • hungry for the latest news
Synonyms of hungry

agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, great, greedy, gung ho, hot, impatient, keen, nuts, pumped, raring, solicitous, thirsty, voracious, wild
Words Related to hungry

engaged, interested

happy, hung up, obsessed

ambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining

breathless, restive, restless

amenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing
Phrases Synonymous with hungry

champing at the bit, chomping at the bit
Near Antonyms of hungry

casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested

aloof, detached, disinterested

impassive, stolid

halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritless

averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (also loth), reluctant, unwilling
Antonyms of hungry

apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic

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  1. Dictionary: Definition of hungry Spanish Central: Translation of hungry Nglish: Translation of hungry for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of hungry for Arabic speakers

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