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hungry definition

hun·gry (huŋ′grē)

adjective hungrier -·grier, hungriest -·gri·est

  1. feeling, having, or showing hunger; specif.,
    1. wanting or needing food
    2. craving; eager hungry for praise
  2. Rare producing hunger
  3. not fertile; barren: said of soil

Etymology: ME < OE hungrig

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hungry Synonyms

hungry

modif.

starved, famished, craving, ravenous, desirous, hankering, unsatisfied, unfilled, starving, edacious, insatiate, voracious, of keen appetite, famishing, half-starved, hungered, ravening, omnivorous, carnivorous, supperless, greedy as a hog, dinnerless, piggish, hoggish, peckish, half-famished, on an empty stomach*, hungry as a wolf*, empty*; see also greedy 2.

Antonyms satisfied, full*, fed.


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hungry Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • ravenously: No food was available, not even rice, and the ravenously hungry men ate certain varieties of plants.

Preposition: for

  • glory: Parky's going to get tough Karl's hungry for more glory Nottingham Forest 1-0 Colchester.. .

Infinitive complement

  • succeed: The course gave him a real insight of the industry and the whole experience has fuelled his hungry to succeed even more.

Modifies a noun

  • hippo: Dr. Lilian Thurman: And how did you feel, being denied these hungry, hungry hippos?

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: I also never remember feeling hungry during the war.
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hungry quotes

If thine enemy behungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the L shall reward thee.

-Bible (Old Testament)

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent emptyaway.

-Bible (NewTestament)

Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away. See Bible (NewTestament) 115:23.

-Bible (Vulgate)

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