Hungry and Ready

Hungry

Hungry adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.
Usage example: hungry for the latest news

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

Nearby Words: hunger, hungrily

Ready

Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.

Hungry and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hungry" instead an adjective "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

Both words in one sentence

  • Videogame / The Sims 2 Artificial Brilliance / Developers' Foresight: You know when one of your sims is preparing a meal for everyone, then one of your other hungry sims, instead of waiting for it to be ready, plunges into the fridge and prepares something themselves?
  • He returns home, but is hungry, but dinner won't be ready for hours.
    Source: Three Wishes
  • The Jeeves I know when they'll be hungry and the food is ready.
    Source: The Jeeves
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