Definitions for hungry
ˈhʌŋ grihun·gry

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hungry(adj)

   feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

   "a world full of hungry people"

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

   (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hungry(Adjective)

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

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

2. hungry(Adjective)

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

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hungry

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

   Etymology: [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]

2. Hungry

   showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious

   Etymology: [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]

3. Hungry

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

   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

How to pronounce hungry?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say hungry in sign language?

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. International Data Corporation:

   It's a big problem for a lot of commercial customers and some universities who run high performance computer environments in Europe because the advanced computers are becoming so big and so energy hungry.

2. Gary Means:

   People hate parking citations, but they like to be able to give food to the hungry.

3. Andrej Kramaric:

   England was one of the favorites for me because they have a young and hungry team with no big international movie stars, england play a different style than they did previously, they seem to be very attack-minded and it's attractive football.

4. Lauren Levine:

   Pushing kids to eat when they aren't hungry sets up a bad precedent.

5. Photographer Guillaume Binet:

   It is a disorganized mess, and there is no way to escape, people are going hungry, people are dying. They really need help.

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