9
underfed(adjective, thin, narrow, little, pale)
9
insatiable(adjective, close, keen, passionate, enthusiastic)
9
peckish(adjective, desire, thin, pale, wishful)
8
hankering(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
8
esurient(adjective, eager, starving, acquisitive, close)
8
hollow(adjective, empty, ravenous, famished, starving)
8
rapacious(adjective, close, keen, passionate, enthusiastic)
7
famishing(adjective, anxious, eager, desirous, syrupy)
7
scanty(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
7
thirsting(adjective, keen, anxious, dry, eager)
6
acquisitive(adjective, close, give, desire, keen)
6
ardent(adjective, keen, energetic, passionate, enthusiastic)
6
hungered(adjective, anxious, eager, desirous, syrupy)
6
predatory(adjective, eating, greedy, destructive, rapacious)
6
ravening(adjective, close, desire, eager, empty)
5
gaunt(lean, narrow, little, slim, tenuous)
5
lank(lean, narrow, little, slim, tenuous)
5
anxious(adjective, desire, keen, energetic, enthusiastic)
5
dying(adjective, thin, pale, ravenous, emaciated)
5
half-starved(underweight, undernourished, fasting, underfed)
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