1
as in starving
feeling a desire or need for food
John was still hungry after eating only a muffin for breakfast
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2
as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
hungry for the latest news
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Recent Examples of hungry
Your influence expands when Mars in your dramatic 8th house sextiles radical Uranus in your power-hungry 10th house.
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Wear your green blazer jackets and get hungry for pimento cheese sandwiches.
—Ella Gonzales
april 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
Reigning finalist Braintree missed two of its top players last year and is hungry for a better ending with both back.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
At McWilliams Cemetery, located at West Armuchee Road and Smith Gap Road, officers found two emaciated dogs running loose — scared and hungry.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Wear your green blazer jackets and get hungry for pimento cheese sandwiches.
—Ella Gonzales
april 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
Reigning finalist Braintree missed two of its top players last year and is hungry for a better ending with both back.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
At McWilliams Cemetery, located at West Armuchee Road and Smith Gap Road, officers found two emaciated dogs running loose — scared and hungry.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hungry
Adjective
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Instead, according to several people involved and to contemporaneous documents, OpenAI executives seemed to grow only more excited about it.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps York was excited for this adventure.—
Craig Fehrman,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Boomer is particularly enthusiastic to introduce the world to the latter actress, who previously appeared in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans and Prime Video's Hunters.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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Chinese people, particularly younger ones, have long been enthusiastic about wordplay.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Takaichi is a hard rock and heavy metal music fan and was an avid drummer in her college days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The president's eldest grandchild is an avid golfer who committed to play for the University of Miami's collegiate team this fall.—
Linda Marx,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For example, Stanford’s Eesley said that plenty of AI business customers are eager to try out new tools, but drop them after a trial period.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Why are men like Sam Bateman or Warren Jeffs eager to document so much of their criminal activity?—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Although Amodei, who was leading the company’s safety team, had helped to pitch the deal to Bill Gates, many people on the team were anxious about it, fearing that Microsoft would insert provisions that overrode OpenAI’s ethical commitments.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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On the handful of occasions in each game between them when Jokic catches at the elbow and his teammates clear out, an anxious hush invariably falls over a buzzing arena.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Plants have a shallow root system, so allow plenty of space for roots to develop when planting around foundations, hardscape, and thirsty trees and shrubs.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Selling a lot of thirsty V8s lowered the company’s average fuel economy.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hungry. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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