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   hungry

   /ˈhʌŋɡri/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or showing the need for food: "I was feeling ravenously hungry" Similar ravenousemptyhollowfaint from hungerstarvingstarvedfamisheddying from hungerdeprived of foodhalf-starvedmalnourishedundernourishedunderfedinformal:peckishable to eat a horsewith one's stomach thinking one's throat's cutrare:sharp-setesurientOpposite fullwell fed
   • ▪ causing hunger: "I always find art galleries hungry work"
   • ▪ having a strong desire or craving: "a party hungry for power" Similar eagerkeenavidlongingyearningpiningachinggreedythirstingwith an appetitecravingdesiringdesirous ofcovetous ofhankering afterlusting afterin need ofin want ofinformal:itchingdyinggagginghotwith a yenarchaic:athirstOpposite averse toindifferent to

   Word Origin Old Englishhungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hungriness noun

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