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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hungry \hun"gry\, a. compar. hungrier; superl. hungriest.
   as. hungrid. see hunger.
   1. feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness
      or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager
      desire.
      1913 webster

   2. showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
      1913 webster

            the cruel, hungry foam.               --c. kingsley.
      1913 webster

            cassius has a lean and hungry look.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry
      soil. "the hungry beach." --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
hungrier hungriest hunger 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hungry
     adj 1: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a
            world full of hungry people" ant: thirsty
     2: usually followed by `for' extremely desirous; "athirst for
        knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for
        informaton" syn: athirstp, hungryp, thirstyp
     also: hungriest, hungrier
see also:
thirsty athirstp hungryp thirstyp hungriest hungrier 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 moby thesaurus words for "hungry":
   acquisitive, athirst, avid, consumed with desire, coveting,
   covetous, craving, deprived, desirous, devoured by desire,
   dog-hungry, dying, eager, empty, famished, famishing, fasting,
   fervid, greedy, half-famished, half-starved, hankering, hollow,
   hungering, insatiable, itching, keen, longing, mad with lust,
   peckish, pinched with hunger, prurient, rapacious, ravening,
   ravenous, sharp-set, starved, starving, thirsting, thirsty,
   unfilled, voracious, wolfish, yearning





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