Hungry ˈhʌŋɡri Food Eat Feeling Adjective Talk Making

• i'm really hungry.
• she wasn't feeling very hungry.
• is anyone getting hungry?
• all this talk of food is making me hungry.

hungry

1. 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 Examples

• We were all ravenously hungry after the walk.
• I have a hungry family to feed.
2. 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.
3. people who do not have enough food to eat
4. causing you to feel that you want to eat something
• All this gardening is hungry work.
5. having or showing a strong desire for something
• power-hungry corporations
• 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.
• Every day they come to school hungry to learn.
• His eyes had a wild hungry look in them.

Word Origin

• Old English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.