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Definition of Hungry

1. Adjective. Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food. "A world full of hungry people"

2. Adjective. (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous. "Thirsty for informaton"

Definition of Hungry

1. a. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

Definition of Hungry

1. Adjective. affected by hunger; desirous of food; having a physical need for food. ¹

2. Adjective. (figuratively) eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hungry

1. wanting food [adj -GRIER, -GRIEST] : HUNGRILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hungry

hungered hungerer hungerers hungering hungeringly hungerless hungerly hungers hungover hungred

hungrier hungriest hungrily hungriness hungrinesses hungry (current term) hungry(p) hungry as a hog hungry ghost hungry ghosts

hunh hunk of junk hunker hunker down hunkered hunkered down hunkering hunkerism hunkers

Literary usage of Hungry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Geological Survey of Canada (1906)
"The only stream of any consequence entering below the Little Wind river is hungry creek. This enters from the west at a point twenty- five miles above the ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... until they were fain Want! hungry want! that hungry meagre ' I» at my teeli, and chaces me in view. ..."

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