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adjective

/ˈhʌŋɡri/

adjective	hungry
comparative	hungrier
superlative	hungriest

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-hungry suffix

Synonyms

1
feeling that you want to eat
We were cold, tired, and hungry.
She was beginning to feel hungry again.
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1. 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.
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2. b.
  the hungry
  the people in the world who do not have enough to eat
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2
wanting something, or wanting to do something very much
a hungry young actor
hungry for:
People are hungry for news.
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3
mainly literary hungry eyes, or a hungry mouth, express strong sexual feelings
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phrase

a hungry mouth (to feed)
someone who is depending on you to provide food
There were three hungry mouths to feed at home.
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derived word

hungrily

adverb

Synonyms: 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.

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