Definitions for hungry
ˈhʌŋ grihun·g·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. hungryadjective

   feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

   "a world full of hungry people"

2. athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

   "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. hungryadjective

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

2. hungryadjective

   eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.

3. Etymology: hungrig, from hungor 'hunger' (from the same).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hungryadjective

   Etymology: from hunger.

   1. Feeling pain from want of food.

   That face of his the hungry cannibals
   Would not have touch’d, would not have stain’d with blood. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.

   They that talk thus may say that a man is always hungry, but that he does not always feel it; whereas hunger consists in that very sensation. John Locke.

   2. Not fat; not fruitful; not prolifick; more disposed to draw from other substances than to impart to them.

   Cassius has a lean and hungry look. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.

   The more fat water will bear soap best; for the hungry water doth kill its unctuous nature. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   In rushy grounds springs are found at the first and second spit, and sometimes lower in a hungry gravel. John Mortimer.

   To this great day of retribution our Saviour refers us, for reaping the fruits that we here sow in the most hungry and barren soil. George Smalridge, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hungry

   Hunger is a sensation that motivates the consumption of food. The sensation of hunger typically manifests after only a few hours without eating and is generally considered to be unpleasant. Satiety occurs between 5 and 20 minutes after eating. There are several theories about how the feeling of hunger arises. The desire to eat food, or appetite, is another sensation experienced with regards to eating.The term hunger is also the most commonly used in social science and policy discussions to describe the condition of people who suffer from a chronic lack of sufficient food and constantly or frequently experience the sensation of hunger, and can lead to malnutrition. A healthy, well-nourished individual can survive for weeks without food intake (see fasting), with claims ranging from three to ten weeks.Satiety is the opposite of hunger; it is the sensation of feeling full.

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1. hungry

   Hungry can be defined as the state of physical or mental discomfort and desire for food caused by the need for nourishment. It is a feeling of emptiness or a lack of satisfaction that prompts a person to seek sustenance and engage in eating.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Hungry

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

2. Hungry

   showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious

3. Hungry

   not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil

4. Etymology: [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]

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1. Hungry

   "Hungry" is a single released by the American glam metal/hard rock band Winger, from their album Winger. Released as a single in 1989, the song charted at No. 85 in the US. The B-side was "Poison Angel", taken from the same album. In the beginning of the music video, before the car crashes, the song "Headed for a Heartbreak" can be heard playing on the radio.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hungry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2834

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hungry' in Adjectives Frequency: #630

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hungry in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hungry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hungry in a Sentence

1. Crystal FitzSimons:

   Now that kids are returning to school and free meals are not going to be available, it's going to put a tremendous amount of financial pressure on families who are already being squeezed, you're going to have kids showing up in class hungry.

2. Viren Swami:

   Although our study doesn't present ways to mitigate negative hunger-induced emotions, research suggests that being able to label an emotion can help people to regulate it, such as by [recognizing] that we feel angry simply because we are hungry.

3. Daphna Shohamy:

   I'm hungry. I'm going to get up and drive to a pizzeria to grab some pizza. But driving involves risk because you could get into an accident, if you're suffering from anxiety disorders, you may say,' No, I'm not going to even risk getting in the car because I couldn't relax.' If you're drunk, then the risk is even higher. And it becomes a computation game.

4. Kim Scheppele:

   What Trump figured out -- the autocrats that I study, like Orban in Hungry, Erdogan in Turkey and Bolsonaro in Brazil, they all do this -- they operate in this space where no law actually prohibits, but soft norms govern. And because there is no law, it's hard to hold them to account. That's how democracies collapse.

5. John Hickenlooper:

   I understand that Americans are frustrated right now -- that they are hungry for bold change. I understand that our young people, especially, see socialism as an attractive alternative to the political gridlock and economic recession they experienced during their formative years, but it would be a grave mistake to abandon the American entrepreneurial spirit that has always been at our country's core.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hungry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hungry
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hungry
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hungry
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hungry