hungry
Stomach is growling
Hungry describes the physical sensation of needing food—the body signaling it wants to eat.
Beyond literal hunger, it expresses strong desire or eagerness: hungry for success, hungry for attention.
A hungry look suggests intense longing.
Athletes described as hungry are driven and ambitious, not yet satisfied with their achievements.
Intensely, painfully hungry
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- peckishMildly hungry
- appetiteDesire for food
mealtime · fasting · nourishment · sustenance · growling · underfed · unfed · snack
Powerful urge to have
- hankeringPersistent strong desire
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- desireIntense wanting
- urgeStrong inner drive
itch · thirst · compulsion · fixation · obsession · pining · appetency · yen
Strongly desiring achievement
- enthusiasticShowing intense eager enjoyment
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- avidIntensely enthusiastic
zealous · fervent · driven · motivated · passionate · aspiring · desirous · voracious
Extremely lacking in money
- malnourishedLacking proper nutrition
- poverty-strickenExtremely poor condition
- needyWanting in essentials
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
underprivileged · deprived · destitute · penniless · disadvantaged · wanting · lacking · scarcity
Absence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- unfulfilledNot brought to completion
- hollowEmpty within
aching · longing · incomplete · unsatisfied · searching · restless · yearning · wistful
famished
Intensely, painfully hungry
appetite · mealtime · fasting · nourishment · sustenance · growling · underfed · unfed · snack · breakfast
craving
Powerful urge to have
urge · itch · thirst · compulsion · fixation · obsession · pining · appetency · yen · drive
ambitious
Strongly desiring achievement
- enthusiasticShowing intense eager enjoyment
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
avid · zealous · fervent · driven · motivated · passionate · aspiring · desirous · voracious · restless
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- malnourishedLacking proper nutrition
- poverty-strickenExtremely poor condition
- needyWanting in essentials
indigent · underprivileged · deprived · destitute · penniless · disadvantaged · wanting · lacking · scarcity · famine
emptiness
Absence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- unfulfilledNot brought to completion
hollow · aching · longing · incomplete · unsatisfied · searching · restless · yearning · wistful · nostalgic
- appetitestarving, famished, ravenous, cravings, craving
- hungerstarving, starvation, famished, ravenous, appetite
- dinnertimedinner, suppertime, evening meal, dinnertime, table
- desireyearn, yearning, crave, craving, lust
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- baby animalspuppy, kitten, chick, chicks, duckling
hungrysatisfied
Having enough, wanting nothing
content · indifferent · apathetic · complacent · unambitious
hungryprosperous
Enjoying wealth and success
abundant · well-fed · affluent · nourished · comfortable
- go hungryLack sufficient nourishment
- going hungryExperiencing prolonged food deprivation
- goes hungryExperiences lack of food
- hungry for
- emotional hungerCraving for connection
- hunger strikeProtest through refusing food
hunger, hungrily, hungering, hungrier, hungered, hungriest, hungriness, hungry ghost, hungries