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🍽️ Needing food 🔥 Wanting something
hungry

hungry

∞ 1.0
Feeling a need to eat
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌŋɡri/
translation icon : hambriento
  • I'm hungry, and Belinda suggested a place that serves food.
  • get hungry
  • very hungry
  • eat when hungry

I am so tired and hungry and I smell bad.

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Examples

  • In the cities, white men leapt from windows and hungry men walked the streets.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • But one thing I do know is that I'm hungry, really hungry.

  • I am so tired and hungry and I smell bad.

    Julian Dorey

  • If there are people who are hungry for food, my response is to help feed them.

    Academic text (1993)

  • And he goes, I'm just so hungry, dude.

    The Iced Coffee Hour

  • When this man arrived, he was very hungry, and he entered the hut.

    Academic text (2008)

  • It's hard to think when you're hungry; the demands of the stomach become paramount.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • " After reading two short stories, a group of hungry, tired 3-year-olds applauded."

    Academic text (2013)

  • For some reason, Katy's generation is always ravenously hungry around four in the morning.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • After running for an hour, I felt hungry and needed a snack.

Synonyms

ravenous
vshungry
18 6.0

Feeling very hungry and eager to eat

is less extreme, describing a normal need to eat
peckish
vshungry
  • UK
5 7.3

Feeling a little hungry and wanting a snack

means a stronger need to eat rather than a mild appetite
famished
vshungry
  • Informal
1 5.1

Very hungry and needing to eat right away

describes a normal need rather than severe depletion
starving
vshungry
1 1.4

Very hungry and needing food now

describes ordinary desire to eat, not life-threatening lack
empty-bellied
vshungry
4.1

Feeling hungry and weak

is the single simple adjective used for the same sensation
starved
vshungry
2.1

A person or animal who is very hungry because they have no food

refers to ordinary need to eat, not prolonged suffering

Antonyms

full
853 1.0

Not wanting more food or drink after eating enough

satisfied
38 1.0

Not hungry or thirsty after eating enough

Idioms

stay hungry and never settle
8.8

To keep wanting more and trying to improve without accepting being average

to stay hungry for growth
7.3

To want to keep getting better and to try hard to improve

to stay hungry for knowledge
4.7

To keep wanting to learn new things

Compounds

power-hungry
  • Offensive
11 6.3

A person who wants a lot of control over other people

money-hungry
  • Informal
4 6.0

Wanting a lot of money, even if it hurts other people

power-hungry
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A device that uses a lot of electricity and drains batteries quickly

power-hungry politician
  • Offensive
5.3

A politician who wants too much control over others

How Hungry

starving
1 1.4
famished
  • Informal
1 5.1
hungry
∞ 1.0
peckish
  • UK
5 7.3

Surface Forms

hungry positive
hungrier comparative
hungriest superlative

Morphology

hungry = hunger (transparent) = hunger + y

The adjective 'hungry' is transparently derived from the noun 'hunger' by adding the suffix '-y'.

Etymology

Hungry comes from the old English word hunger, which meant 'need to eat'. So to be hungry is to feel that need for food.