- 1feeling 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. I have a hungry family to feed.
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- 2not having enough food to eat Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.
- 3the hungry noun [plural] people who do not have enough food to eat
- 4[only before noun] causing you to feel that you want to eat something All this gardening is hungry work.
- 5hungry (for something) having or showing a strong desire for something Both parties are hungry for power. power-hungry The child is simply hungry for affection. His eyes had a wild hungry look in them.
NAmE//ˈhʌŋɡrəli//
adverb They gazed hungrily at the display of food. He kissed her hungrily.See hungry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: hungry