What does hungry mean?
Definitions for hungry
ˈhʌŋ grihun·g·ry
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word hungry.
Princeton's WordNet
hungryadjective
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
"a world full of hungry people"
athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)adjective
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
"athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"
Wiktionary
hungryadjective
affected by hunger; desirous of food; having a physical need for food.
Etymology: hungrig, from hungor 'hunger' (from the same).
hungryadjective
eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
Etymology: hungrig, from hungor 'hunger' (from the same).
Webster Dictionary
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.]
Hungry
showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious
Etymology: [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
Hungry
not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil
Etymology: [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
Freebase
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.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hungry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2834
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hungry' in Adjectives Frequency: #630
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hungry in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hungry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of hungry in a Sentence
The first thing I would tell you to do is I want to tear down a bunch of buildings over here and expand out the turnout lots, i'd like to redo a bunch of these facilities. But on a day-to-day operational funding, horses are not going hungry, horses are not going without medical care, horses are not going without the required supplements. Our prioritization of funding goes to the health and welfare of the horses, and we're constantly watching that.
The meaning of being full is not what it was before the war ... If I see some scraps of food are left, I get up so that the children will not be hungry. I can bear the hunger, but they can't.
He is not a true believer who eats his fill while his nighbor is hungry
He was hungry. I’ve been hungry. A lot of people can’t say that, but I can, and I can’t stand for anyone to be hungry, it was like a little miracle ringing in my ear.
At $72 a barrel, we're well below the pain threshold for many companies in the sector, as well as many exporting countries such as Iran, Libya or Russia, however, it's a pretty good news for the energy-hungry sectors such as airlines.
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- جائع, جوعانArabic
- acAzerbaijani
- асBashkir
- галодныBelarusian
- гладенBulgarian
- hanggreBislama
- afamatCatalan, Valencian
- hladovýCzech
- newynogWelsh
- sultenDanish
- gierig, hungrigGerman
- πεινασμένοςGreek
- malsataEsperanto
- hambrientoSpanish
- ihkav, näljaneEstonian
- goseberaBasque
- گرسنهPersian
- nälkäinenFinnish
- affamé, avoir faimFrench
- ocrach, ocrasIrish
- רעבHebrew
- भूखा, भूखे पेटHindi
- grangouHaitian Creole
- éhesHungarian
- սովածArmenian
- laparIndonesian
- hungrozaIdo
- soltinn, hungraður, svangurIcelandic
- affamatoItalian
- רָעֵבHebrew
- お腹が空いている, 飢えた, 空腹Japanese
- დამშეული, მშიერიGeorgian
- ашKazakh
- ឃ្លានKhmer
- ಹಸಿವಿನಿಂದKannada
- 굶주린, 배고픈Korean
- ачKyrgyz
- ēsuriēns, iēiūnus, esuriitLatin
- hongeregLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຫິວLao
- išbadėjęs, alkana, išbadėjusi, alkanasLithuanian
- izsalcisLatvian
- өлөнMongolian
- laparMalay
- jħoss ġuħ, bil-ġuħMaltese
- ဆာBurmese
- meturNauru
- sultenNorwegian
- lustend, begerig, hongerig, hongerend, snakkendDutch
- svoltenNorwegian Nynorsk
- sultenNorwegian
- spragniony, głodnyPolish
- faminto, com, fome, com fomePortuguese
- flămândRomanian
- голодный, алчущий, жаждущийRussian
- gladan, гладанSerbo-Croatian
- hladnýSlovak
- lačenSlovene
- i uriturAlbanian
- hungrigSwedish
- பசிTamil
- ఆకలితోTelugu
- гуруснаTajik
- หิว, ท้องเลว, กระหายThai
- açTurkmen
- açTurkish
- ачTatar
- голоднийUkrainian
- بھوکاUrdu
- ochUzbek
- đói, đói bụngVietnamese
- aveur fwinWalloon
- הונגעריקYiddish
- 饥饿Chinese
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