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Hungry

Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

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Desirous 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Desirous 84% connected

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

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Esurient 84% connected

Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.

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Esurient 84% connected

Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Famished 84% connected

of Famish

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Famished 84% connected

of Famish

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Peckish 84% connected

Inclined to eat; hungry.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Peckish 84% connected

Inclined to eat; hungry.

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Ravenous 84% connected

Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

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Ravenous 84% connected

Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sharp-set 84% connected

Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.

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Sharp-set 84% connected

Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.

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Starved 84% connected

of Starve

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Starved 84% connected

of Starve

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Supperless 84% connected

Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed.

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Supperless 84% connected

Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed.

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Wishful 84% connected

Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wishful 84% connected

Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

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Derivationally related 4

Hunger 74% connected

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hunger 74% connected

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

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Synonym 2

Athirst 92% connected

Wanting drink; thirsty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thirsty 92% connected

Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thirsty 94% connected

Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Thirsty 94% connected

Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

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