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English adjective: hungry | |||
| 1. | hungry feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food | ||
| Samples | A world full of hungry people. | ||
| Similar | empty, empty-bellied, esurient, famished, peckish, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, supperless | ||
| Antonyms | thirsty | ||
| 2. | hungry (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous | ||
| Samples | Athirst for knowledge. Hungry for recognition. Thirsty for informaton. | ||
| Synonyms | athirst, thirsty | ||
| Similar | desirous, wishful | ||
| Antonyms | undesiring, undesirous | ||
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