Hungry and Piggy

Hungry

Hungry adjective - Feeling a desire or need for food.
Usage example: John was still hungry after eating only a muffin for breakfast

Piggy and hungry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Piggy" instead an adjective "Hungry".

Nearby Words: hunger, hungrily

Piggy

Piggy adjective - Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy.
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Synonyms for Piggy

Hungry and piggy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hungry" instead an adjective "Piggy".

Nearby Word: piggyback

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Easy Living Piggy Bank: In a hilarious scene, Mary's hungry, and to get some money, she must break her piggy bank, Wilfred.
  • Western Animation / Pigs Is Pigs Foreshadowing: Piggy's mother, when ripping into her son for eating the family's dinner and making them go hungry, angrily asks if Piggy wants to burst.
  • Western Animation / Pigs Is Pigs Lack of Empathy: Piggy doesn't give a crap about making his family go hungry for the night, mockingly prays for ice cream when his family prays before dinner, refuses to mingle with his siblings, and nothing matters besides his stomach.
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