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hungry

/hˈʌŋɡɹi/adjective2 syllables

Hungry means: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food.

Synonyms for hungry23

adjective, as in feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

empty, empty-bellied, famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient, peckish, supperless

adjective, as in (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous

athirst, thirsty, desirous, wishful

also used for hungry

eat like a horse, eat like a pig, go hungry, I could eat a brick, I could eat a horse, scarf, scarf down, stay hungry, wolf, wolf down

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Opposites of hungry

thirsty

What does hungry mean?2

adjective

1

feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food“a world full of hungry people”

2

(usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous“athirst for knowledge”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Hungry in a sentence

  • My cat ignores me, except when she's hungry.Source_VOA
  • In many areas, there was little food and the people were hungry.Source_VOA
  • Sophie, who was hungry, ate everything that she could grab.Scott
  • Hungry and thirsty, we at last reached the inn.Objectivesea
  • Sophie, who was hungry, ate everything that she could get her hands on.Scott
  • If you don't want to eat potatoes, then sit hungry.fanty
  • Even if you're hungry, you must eat slowly.CM
  • As a result of always being hungry and fatigued, that dog finally died.CK

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Forms of hungry

as a adjective

comparative
hungrier
superlative
hungriest