English Dictionary
Definition of “hungry”
hungry (ˈhʌŋɡrɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
- desiring food
- experiencing pain, weakness, or nausea through lack of food
- (postpositive) foll by for having a craving, desire, or need (for)
- expressing or appearing to express greed, craving, or desire
- lacking fertility; poor
- Australian New Zealand informal
- greedy; grasping
- stingy; mean
- New Zealand (of timber) dry and bare
Alternative Forms
ˈhungrily ˈhungeringly adverb ˈhungriness noun
Synonyms
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starving,
ravenous,
famished,
starved,
empty,
hollow,
voracious,
peckish,
sharp-set,
famishing,
esurient,
Quotations
"A hungry stomach has no ears"
Jean de la Fontaine
Translations
- British English:
hungry
When you are hungry, you want food.My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food.ˈhʌŋɡrɪ ADJECTIVE My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food.
- Spanish:
hambriento
adj hambrienta
- French:
affamé
adj
- German:
hungrig
adj
- Chinese: 饥饿的 adj
- Arabic: جَوْعَانٌ adj
- Portuguese: faminto adj faminta
- Russian: голодный adj голодная
- Croatian: gladan adj gladna
- Czech: hladový adj
- Danish: sulten adj
- Dutch: hongerig adj
- Finnish: nälkäinen adj
- Greek: πεινασμένος adj πεινασμένη
- Italian: affamato adj affamata
- Japanese: 腹の減った no_posp
- Korean: 배고픈 adj
- Norwegian: sulten adj
- Polish: głodny adj głodna
- Brazilian Portuguese: faminto adj faminta
- European Spanish:
hambriento
adj hambrienta
- Swedish: hungrig adj hungrigt
- Thai: หิว adj
- Turkish: aç adj
- Vietnamese: đói adj
Usage examples
Adam ordered a Scotch and picked up a bar menu, trying to decide if he was hungry.
Stuart Harrison, LOST SUMMER (2002)There are several hungry boats behind them, Dee & Imagine it.
Yachting Boating World (2005)Even the fashion press is recognizing a new customer who is hungry for fashion.
Globe and Mail (2003)Still, her concept of exotic, rich food was perfect for the 1970s when women had time and were hungry for glamour.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Being greedy, a baby wishes to feed when hungry and sleep when satisfied.
Dorothy Rowe, BEYOND FEAR (2002)
