Synonyms of the word hungry


HUNGRYATHIRST - DESIROUS - EMPTY - ESURIENT - FAMISHED - PECKISH - RAVENOUS - SHARP-SET - STARVED - SUPPERLESS - THIRSTY - WISHFUL

hungry

  • adj. Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
  • adj. (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
  • adj. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

athirst

  • adj. (archaic) Thirsty.
  • adj. (figuratively) Eager or extremely desirous (for something).

desirous

  • adj. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

empty

  • adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
  • adj. (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having…
  • adj. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
  • adj. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
  • adj. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
  • adj. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
  • adj. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
  • adj. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
  • adj. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
  • n. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

esurient

  • adj. Very hungry or greedy; ravenous.
  • adj. avid.
  • n. One who is hungry or greedy.

famished

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of famish.
  • adj. Extremely hungry.

peckish

  • adj. (colloquial) mildly hungry.
  • adj. (colloquial) irritable; crotchety.
  • adj. (colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London.
  • adj. (colloquial) Native to Peckham.

ravenous

  • adj. Very hungry.
  • adj. Eager for prey or gratification.

sharp-set

  • adj. eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous.

starved

  • adj. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
  • adj. (colloquial) Extremely hungry.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of starve.

supperless

  • adj. Without supper.

thirsty

  • adj. Needing to drink.
  • adj. Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
  • adj. Craving something.

wishful

  • adj. (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
  • adj. Expressing a wish or longing for something.
  • adj. Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

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