transcription, транскрипция: [ hʌŋgri ]
( hungrier, hungriest)
1.
When you are hungry , you want some food because you have not eaten for some time and have an uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach.
My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food...
≠ full
ADJ
• hun‧gri‧ly
James ate hungrily.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
If people go hungry , they do not have enough food to eat.
Leonidas’ family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
PHRASE : V inflects
3.
If you say that someone is hungry for something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. ( LITERARY )
I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic.
= eager
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ for n , v-link ADJ to-inf [ emphasis ]
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Hungry is also a combining form.
...power-hungry politicians.
COMB in ADJ
• hun‧gri‧ly
He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!
ADV : ADV with v