Etymology : Middle English, from Old English hungrig; akin to Old English hungor
Pronunciation : h&[ng]-grE
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. needing to eat, feeling a desire to eat; longing, yearning. hungry\hun"gry\ , a. [compar. hungrier ; superl. hungriest.] [as. hungrid. see:
hunger.].
2. feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
3. showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. the cruel, hungry foam. kingsley. cassius has a lean and hungry look.
4. not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. "the hungry beach."hungry adj.
5. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" [ant: thirsty].
6. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton" [syn: athirst(p) , hungry(p) , thirsty(p) ].
7. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
8. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
9. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people".
10. 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 ¡Ù full + hungrily hun·gri·ly James ate hungrily.
11. If people go hungry, they do not have enough food to eat. Leonidas' family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
12. emphasis If you say that someone is hungry for something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic. = eager Hungry is also a combining form. power-hungry politicians. + hungrily hun·gri·ly He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!.