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UK [ˈhʌŋɡrɪ] / US adjective
Word forms "hungry":
adjective hungry comparative hungrier superlative hungriest

Other ways of saying hungry:

peckish quite hungry: used especially to talk about feeling hungry when it is not a mealtime: I often start to feel a bit peckish around mid-morning. starving or starved (informal) very hungry and wanting to eat immediately: Have you got any bread? I'm starving! ravenous extremely hungry, especially because you have not eaten for a long time or you have been doing a lot of physical work: The children are always ravenous after swimming practice. famished extremely hungry, especially because you have not eaten for a long time: Can we order now? I'm famished.

1) feeling that you want to eat

We were cold, tired, and hungry.

She was beginning to feel hungry again.

a) without the food you need to stay strong and healthy

Hungry children search for food in the streets.

go hungry:

If crops are destroyed, thousands may go hungry.

b) the hungry the people in the world who do not have enough to eat

2) wanting something, or wanting to do something very much

a hungry young actor

hungry for:

People are hungry for news.

3) mainly literary hungry eyes, or a hungry mouth, express strong sexual feelings

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a hungry mouth (to feed) — someone who is depending on you to provide food

There were three hungry mouths to feed at home.

Derived word:
hungrily
adverb