hungry
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Example
“My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.”
Other meanings
Causing hunger.
“All this gardening is hungry work.”
Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
“the students are hungry to learn”
Related words
- cumhungry
- hungrify
- hungrisome
- nonhungry
- overhungry
- superhungry
- unhungrily
- warhungry
- a hungry man is an angry man
- drungry
- horngry
- hungry like the wolf
Word history
From Old English "hungriġ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hungry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.