sharp-set
Speech parts
1. sharp-set - Adjective
2. sharp-set - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
starved
ravenous
famished
esurient
empty
hungry
avid
greedy
voracious
peckish
hungering
could eat a horse
able to eat a horse
as hungry as a beast
as hungry as a hog
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they were tired and famished for food and sleep
a ravenous boy
the family was starved and ragged
fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy