Hungry and Lean

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Hungry

Hungry adjective - Feeling a desire or need for food.

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Lean and hungry are semantically related in state topic. In some cases you can use "Lean" instead an adjective "Hungry", when it comes to topics like characterisitc, poor, underfed.

Nearby Words: hunger, hungrily

Lean

Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

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Hungry and lean are semantically related in state topic. Sometimes you can use "Hungry" instead an adjective "Lean", if it concerns topics such as characterisitc, poor, underfed.

Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

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As stated above, Hiddleston was instructed to have a "lean and hungry look" like Cassius from Julius Caesar.

Source: Film / Thor
Marlon Brando infamously showed up on the set overweight despite the script listing his character Colonel Kurtz as having a "lean and hungry" physique.

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He is also described as having a "lean and hungry look".

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