hungry
adjective /ˈhʌŋɡri/
/ˈhʌŋɡri/
(comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)
- feeling that you want to eat something
- I'm really hungry.
- She wasn't feeling very hungry.
- Is anyone getting hungry?
- All this talk of food is making me hungry.
- There were eight hungry mouths (= hungry people) to feed at home.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1- We were all ravenously hungry after the walk.
- I have a hungry family to feed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- go
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- not having enough food to eat
- Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.
- Over 850 million people worldwide are hungry.
- There are tens of thousands of hungry children in this country.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- go
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- the hungrynoun [plural] people who do not have enough food to eat
- [only before noun] causing you to feel that you want to eat something
- All this gardening is hungry work.
- having or showing a strong desire for something
- power-hungry corporations
- hungry for something Both parties are hungry for power.
- The child is simply hungry for affection.
- We like to use small agencies that are hungry for our business.
- hungry to do something Every day they come to school hungry to learn.
- His eyes had a wild hungry look in them.
Word OriginOld English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.