Definitions

hungry

[huhng-gree] / ˈhʌŋ gri /

ADJECTIVE

starving; desirous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eager greedy keen ravenous starved

WEAK

athirst avid carnivorous could eat a horse covetous craving edacious empty esurient famished famishing flying light got the munchies hankering hoggish hollow hungered insatiate omnivorous on empty stomach piggish rapacious unfilled unsatisfied voracious yearning

Antonyms

STRONGEST

full unenthusiastic

WEAK

replete satiated satisfied stuffed

Example Sentences

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One AI play continued to rally—real estate investment trusts that lease data center facilities to compute hungry customers.

From Barron's

She would stand there looking down at him, and she would say, "Are you hungry again?" in an amazed voice.

From Literature

“Sure. Exploring the ocean is going to make a person hungry.”

From Literature

“They always say you should be slightly hungry when you take a test,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Loan funds are hungry for that paper to match their fundraising surge of recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal