/ ˈhʌŋgri; NAmE / adjective ( hun·grier , hun·gri·est )
1.
feeling that you want to eat sth :
I'm really hungry.
Is anyone getting hungry?
All this talk of food is making me hungry.
I have a hungry family to feed.
2.
not having enough food to eat :
Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.
3.
the hungry noun [ pl. ] people who do not have enough food to eat
4.
[ only before noun ] causing you to feel that you want to eat sth :
All this gardening is hungry work.
5.
hungry (for sth) having or showing a strong desire for sth :
Both parties are hungry for power.
power-hungry
The child is simply hungry for affection.
His eyes had a wild hungry look in them.
► hun·grily / ˈhʌŋgrəli; NAmE / adverb :
They gazed hungrily at the display of food.
He kissed her hungrily.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English hungrig , of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig , German hungrig , also to hunger .