hungry

Examples

• All

• After this, however, visitors emerge hungry for art and greater explanation.

  Academic text (2004)

• The boys and I were hungry, so we decided to go get some hot dogs.

  Academic text (1994)

• It's like you are just hungry all the time.

• Like we're all so hungry to talk to each other.

  Adam Savage’s Tested

• If there are people who are hungry for truth, my response is to help them discover it.

  Academic text (1993)

• Like I'm really hungry for something really different.

  Colin and Samir

• A refugee population is hungry for language and aware that anything can happen.

  Academic text (1995)

• And I'm sure the jury is equally tired and hungry.

  Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

• Half-starved and hungry for love.

  Waterloo Bridge (1931)

• The children were hungry for attention during the class activity.

Synonyms

R

ravenous

vshungry

18 6.0

Feeling very hungry and eager to eat

is a broad craving used often for nonfood things

T

thirsty

vshungry

• Slang

18 3.8

Having a strong desire for success or knowledge

is a general craving often used figuratively rather than only for those goals

P

peckish

vshungry

• UK

5 7.3

Feeling a little hungry and wanting a snack

is a broader craving word that can be much stronger or abstract

F

famished

vshungry

• Informal

1 5.1

Very hungry and needing to eat right away

is a broad craving that can apply to desire beyond physical need

S

starving

vshungry

1 1.4

Very hungry and needing food now

is about wanting strongly but usually without life-threatening focus

S

starved

vshungry

2.1

A person or animal who is very hungry because they have no food

is a general craving and may be used metaphorically for wants

E

empty-bellied

vshungry

4.1

Feeling hungry and weak

is a general craving term often used for nonphysical desires

Antonyms

S

satisfied

38 1.0

Not hungry or thirsty after eating enough

Idioms

S

stay hungry and never settle

8.8

To keep wanting more and trying to improve without accepting being average

S

to stay hungry for growth

7.3

To want to keep getting better and to try hard to improve

S

to stay hungry for knowledge

4.7

To keep wanting to learn new things

Compounds

P

power-hungry

• Offensive

11 6.3

A person who wants a lot of control over other people

M

money-hungry

• Informal

4 6.0

Wanting a lot of money, even if it hurts other people

P

power-hungry

• Specialized

1 5.1

A device that uses a lot of electricity and drains batteries quickly

P

power-hungry politician

• Offensive

5.3

A politician who wants too much control over others

How Eager

insatiable

39 7.5

ravenous

18 6.0

hungry

164 1.8

eager

447 1.0

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology