What does hungry mean?
Definitions for hungry
ˈhʌŋ grihun·g·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage 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.
hungryadjective
eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
Etymology: hungrig, from hungor 'hunger' (from the same).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hungryadjective
Etymology: from hunger.
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.
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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Hungry
feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire
Hungry
showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious
Hungry
not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil
Etymology: [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
Wikidata
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
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
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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
They just sat quietly without doing anything because it was dark, when they were hungry Coach Ek would use a flashlight to shine on the stalactites above.
I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish, a lot of lawyers or doctors who have names but absolutely no lives. You're going to get your three or four scenes, you're not going to be able to show what you can do. You're going to get your little bitty paycheck, and then you're going to be hungry for your next role, which is going to be absolutely the same. That's the truth.
I would rather be cold and hungry and know I did the right thing.
I thought that's crazy. Food is something you shouldn't have to think about. Children shouldn't learn hungry.
You can't hug a child to sleep when they are hungry.
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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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