hungry
//ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi//
Forms
- Comparative
- hungrier
- Superlative
- hungriest
Definitions
1.Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
- He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.
- I woke up very hungry and made some toast.
- My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.
2.Causing hunger.
- All this gardening is hungry work.
3.Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
- It’s an astonishing roll call of future talent from when they were still young and hungry in Manhattan.
4.Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2770
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y.