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    hungry
    /ˈhʌŋɡri/

    adjective

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHUNGRY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Learn the meaning of hungry as an adjective for needing or wanting food, or for having a strong desire for something. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from different sources.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hungryHungry Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning of hungry, an adjective that describes feeling or showing hunger, or being eager or avid for something. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of hungry.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › hungryHUNGRY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Hungry is a general word, expressing various degrees of eagerness or craving for food: hungry between meals; desperately hungry after a long fast; hungry as a bear. Famished denotes the condition of one reduced to actual suffering from want of food, but sometimes is used lightly or in an exaggerated statement: famished after being lost in a ...

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHUNGRY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Learn the meaning of hungry as an adjective for needing or wanting food, or for having a strong desire for something. Find synonyms, antonyms, and examples of hungry in different contexts and languages.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhungry adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • the hungry. noun [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.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHUNGRY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    hungry is a general word, expressing various degrees of eagerness or craving for food: hungry between meals; desperately hungry after a long fast; hungry as a bear. famished denotes the condition of one reduced to actual suffering from want of food, but sometimes is used lightly or in an exaggerated statement: famished after being lost in a ...

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › hungryHungry - definition of hungry by The Free Dictionary

    Hungry means feeling a desire or need for food, or having a strong desire for something else. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of hungry in different languages.