hungry.
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Meaning & usage
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.
He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.
Causing hunger.
All this gardening is hungry work.
Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
young and hungry
the students are hungry to learn
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
a hungry soil
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).
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