hungry

Universal Words adjective (hungrier, hungriest) 1 feeling that you want to eat sth: I'm really hungry. * She wasn't feeling very hungry. * Is anyone getting hungry? * All this talk of food is making me hungry. * I have a hungry family to feed. 2 not having enough food to eat: The charity is now targetting hungry people in Africa. * Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest. 3 (the hungry) noun [pl.] people who do not have enough food to eat 4 [onlybeforenoun] causing you to feel that you want to eat sth: All this gardening is hungry work. 5 ~ (for sth) having or showing a strong desire for sth: Both parties are hungry for power. * power-hungry * The child is simply hungry for affection. * His eyes had a wild hungry look in them. hungrily adverb: They gazed hungrily at the display of food. * He kissed her hungrily.