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Adjective
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Feeling or showing the need for food
starving
famished
starved
peckish
ravenous
hollow
famishing
voracious
empty
unfed
edacious
esurient
gluttonous
hungering
hoggish
hungered
piggish
ravening
swinish
dying from hunger
food-deprived
craving food
dying of hunger
half-starved
sharp-set
very hungry
able to eat a horse
could eat a horse
dog-hungry
faint from hunger
having the munchies
on empty stomach
starved to death
starving to death
flying light
got the munchies
in a fasted state
feeling faint from hunger
ready to eat a horse
dying from lack of food
faint from lack of food
with one's stomach thinking one's throat's cut
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“Pip decided to provide the hungry convict with some food.”
Adjective
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Suffering from malnutrition
malnourished
undernourished
underfed
emaciated
starving
underweight
thin
haggard
rattleboned
skinny
wasted
half-starved
deprived of food
starved
lean
scrawny
bony
scraggy
gaunt
gangling
lanky
gangly
lank
meagerUS
meagreUK
angular
rawboned
famished
beanpole
beanstalk
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“Expecting to rescue a small, furry animal in distress, he bent down and discovered the weak and hungry child.”
Adjective
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Having a strong desire or craving
eager
greedy
keen
avid
craving
yearning
athirst
covetous
thirsty
aching
desirous
hot
longing
pining
raring
thirsting
voracious
agog
antsy
anxious
ardent
crazy
desiring
dying
enthused
enthusiastic
excited
hankering
impatient
insatiable
itching
itchy
juiced
pumped
wild
gagging
nuts
predatious
solicitous
stoked
geeked
insatiate
intemperate
rapacious
unfilled
unsatisfied
gung ho
hopped-up
hepped up
covetous of
desirous of
lusting after
hankering after
in need of
in want of
with an appetite
with a yen
more ❯
“The world is consuming vast amounts of energy, and it's hungry for even more.”
Adjective
▲
Ambitious or driven towards a particular goal
ambitious
aspiring
driven
avid
dedicated
eager
ardent
bent
committed
determined
enthusiastic
keen
motivated
resolute
aggressive
assertive
dogged
earnest
industrious
inspired
intent
resolved
tenacious
thirsty
zealous
active
desirous
enterprising
fierce
indefatigable
obstinate
persistent
spirited
stalwart
staunch
steadfast
steely
strong
uncompromising
unwavering
adventurous
energetic
fanatical
mettlesome
obsessed
plucky
purposeful
pushy
striving
unflagging
untiring
persevering
pioneering
progressive
unbending
vigorous
militant
ruthless
thrusting
undaunted
strong-willed
strong-minded
bent upon
goal-oriented
go-getting
hard-driving
single-minded
dead set
eager beaver
full of determination
get up and go
high-reaching
power-hungry
self-asserting
self-assertive
self-driven
self-seeking
self-starting
hell-bent
power-loving
more ❯
“These hungry college graduates are eager to put their four years of college tuition to the the test.”
Adjective
▲
Miserly or excessively frugal
cheap
mean
miserly
close-fisted
parsimonious
ungenerous
penurious
illiberal
close
grasping
greedy
avaricious
acquisitive
miserable
tight-fisted
stingy
tight
mingy
frugal
money-grubbing
skinflinty
grabby
penny-pinching
cheapskate
selfish
petty
near
uncharitable
cheese-paring
Scrooge-like
beggarly
chintzy
churlish
closefisted
covetous
pennywise
pinching
pinchpenny
skimpy
skinflint
spare
sparing
stinting
thrifty
tightfisted
tight-wad
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Beginning to attract attention or critical acclaim
up-and-coming
rising
talented
budding
promising
gifted
able
coming
apt
ambitious
eager
climbing
determined
emerging
enterprising
pushing
soaring
striving
succeeding
with potential
go-getter
go-getting
high-reaching
likely to succeed
in the making
coming on strong
get up and go
on the up and up
likely
capable
high potential
Adjective
▲
Having or holding out hope of reaching one's ambition
hopeful
aspiring
budding
ambitious
prospective
wishful
aspirant
fledgling
potential
striving
developing
possible
wannabe
embryonic
would-be
eager
longing
keen
motivated
go-getting
enterprising
desirous
determined
committed
driven
promising
enthusiastic
endeavouringUK
zealous
purposeful
more ❯
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hung sign on
hung something on
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hung together
hung tough
hung round in
hung round
hungriness
hungrily awaits
hungrily awaiting
hungrily awaited
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