hungryhun‧gry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ ●●● S2 adjective (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest) 
I was cold, tired, and hungry. If you get hungry, there’s some cold chicken in the fridge. Do you still feel hungry?2ill or weak as a result of not having enough to eat for a long time: We can’t justify wasting food when half the world is hungry.3go hungry to not have enough to eat: Thousands of families go hungry every day.4wanting or needing something very much SYN eagerhungry for She is hungry for success.hungry to do something Stan was hungry to learn.5the hungry [plural] people who do not have enough food to eat6power-hungry/news-hungry etc wanting power, news etc very much: a power-hungry politicianTHESAURUSwanting to eathungry wanting to eat something: · We were really hungry after our long walk.· It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids.peckish [not before noun] British English informal a little hungry: · I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge?starving/ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ (also starved American English) [not before noun] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: · I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving.· Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school.famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: · Everyone was famished by the time they arrived.I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry: · ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’appetite the desire for food that you have when you are hungry: · Exercise usually gives me an appetite.· It’s healthy to have a good appetite.ill because of lack of foodhungry ill or weak because of not having enough to eat: · terrible pictures of hungry children in Africastarving not having had enough food for a long time and likely to die soon without food: · Because of the drought, millions of people were starving.· the starving refugees from the warmalnourished formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time: · According to the report, one-fifth of the world’s population are malnourished.· malnourished infants
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Hungry people crowded around the relief wagon for food.
- Hungry shoppers waited in line at the food counters.
- a hungry baby
- America's cities have hundreds of hungry and homeless people.
- Are you hungry? Do you want a sandwich?
- I'm hungry - I didn't get any lunch today.
- If the crops fail again this year thousands of people will go hungry.
- My children are hungry, I need a job.
- We were really hungry after our long walk.
- At first we were very hungry and more energetic.
- Evidently she had noticed that I was hungry, because she urged me several times to eat.
- For certain she would be hungry, like me.
- He was hungry for something, but did not know that.
- She was cross with herself, and she was also very hungry, she'd had nothing much all day.
- That bird looks lost and hungry.
- The faint hope he had offered shrivelled and died in the heat of the hungry, leaping flames.
- Those were hungry days, and the Fawcetts shared the spoils.
THESAURUSwanting to eat
wanting to eat something: · We were really hungry after our long walk.· It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids.
[not before noun] British English informal a little hungry: · I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge?
(also starved American English) [not before noun] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: · I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving.· Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school.
very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: · Everyone was famished by the time they arrived.
spoken used to say that you are very hungry: · ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’
the desire for food that you have when you are hungry: · Exercise usually gives me an appetite.· It’s healthy to have a good appetite.
ill because of lack of food ill or weak because of not having enough to eat: · terrible pictures of hungry children in Africa
not having had enough food for a long time and likely to die soon without food: · Because of the drought, millions of people were starving.· the starving refugees from the war
formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time: · According to the report, one-fifth of the world’s population are malnourished.· malnourished infants
Longman Language Activatorwanting to eat · We were really hungry after our long walk.· Are you hungry? Do you want a sandwich?· Hungry shoppers waited in line at the food counters.
spoken to want to eat something: · It's 12 o'clock - do you feel like something to eat?· Do you guys want something to eat?
also starved American spoken very hungry: · Can we talk about this after dinner, please? I'm famished.· I missed lunch and I'm starved.· Normally she did not eat a lot in the morning, but today she was ravenous.absolutely starving/ravenous/famished: · I've been driving for eight hours non-stop and I am absolutely starving.
British informal a little hungry: · I'm feeling a bit peckish. What's in the fridge?· The kids were getting peckish so Sammy found a cafe nearby.
informal to begin to feel a little hungry, and want something to eat, especially something small rather than a large meal: · If you get the munchies later on there are some cookies in the kitchen.
not hungry · "How about something to eat?'' "No thanks, I'm not hungry.''· We offered her some sandwiches but she said she wasn't hungry.
spoken informal say this to tell someone that you are not hungry: · I had a really big lunch, so I don't feel like anything just now.· "Do you want some toast?" "No thanks, I don't want anything."
to no longer want to eat anything, especially because you are upset or ill or thinking about something else: · Jane's not feeling too well and has lost her appetite.· I shifted the food around my plate, suddenly losing my appetite as he told me the news.
the feeling you have when you are hungry the feeling you have when you have eaten very little food: · The baby screamed with hunger.· Many slimming diets don't provide enough calories to satisfy hunger.hunger pangs (=the uncomfortable feelings in your stomach that tell you are very hungry): · If you do feel hunger pangs, nibble on carrot, celery, or cucumber sticks.
the feeling of wanting to eat when you have not eaten for some time - use this especially when someone does not have their normal desire to eat, for example when they are ill: · How's his appetite? Is he getting enough to eat?good/healthy/big appetite (=desire to eat a lot): · She must be growing; she's got a big appetite right now.spoil/ruin your appetite (=make you not want to eat a meal): · Don't eat any cake now. You'll spoil your appetite.
to become hungry to start to feel hungry, especially because you have not eaten for some time: · Is it lunchtime yet? I'm getting hungry.
to do something to make yourself want to eat, especially by hard physical exercise: · After a long day walking across the hills they had worked up quite an appetite.· There's nothing like skiing to work up an appetite.
if work, exercise, etc gives you an appetite it makes you feel hungry: · All that exercise has given me an appetite.· Spending all day in the fresh air had given them all an appetite.
not having enough food someone who is starving has not had enough food for a long time and will die soon if they do not eat: · The people are starving and they need all the food and medical supplies we can give them.· They have barely enough money to keep them from starving.· a country full of starving peoplethe starving (=people who are starving): · The homeless and the starving, refugees of the war, were flocking to the cities.
to have so little food to eat that you become ill or die: · The prisoners were taken out into the desert and left to starve.· In 1884, the crew of Young's ship nearly starved when they were blown off course.starve to death (=starve and die): · Unless these people get food in the next two weeks they will starve to death.
if people are hungry , they need food but do not have enough food to eat over a long period of time: · My children are hungry, I need a job.· Hungry people crowded around the relief wagon for food. go hungry (=not get food to eat): · If the crops fail again this year thousands of people will go hungry.
to not be given enough food, so that you are becoming ill: · The refugees in the camps are not getting enough to eat, and the living conditions are terrible.· A baby who is not gaining weight is probably not getting enough to eat.
thin and looking ill because you do not have enough to eat: · Poor dog! He looks half-starved.· The soldiers were dirty and half-starved.
written people or animals who are underfed are not being given enough food to eat: · The servants were overworked and underfed.· fields full of underfed cattle
formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time: · During the 1930s a large proportion of Britain's urban population was malnourished.
when people are ill or dying because of not having enough food · Many people could die from cold and hunger this winter as the war continues.· The slum-dwellers suffer from poverty, hunger, and disease.weak with/from hunger · Weak with hunger, she staggered up to the cabin door.
suffering or death caused by not having enough food to eat: · The survivors were close to starvation when they were rescued.· A global fall in the price of rice spread hardship and even starvation to many parts of Indochina.die of starvation: · 30 million people die of starvation each year.brink of starvation (=almost dying because of not having enough food): · Thousands of refugees are on the brink of starvation in camps south of the capital.
bad health caused by not eating enough food or by not eating enough of the right kinds of food: · Many of the children showed signs of malnutrition.· A survey of US households found evidence of malnutrition in those persons with the lowest incomes.
a situation in which a large number of people in a country or area are very hungry and many die because the crops of rice, wheat etc have failed: · Millions of people in Africa continue to die because of war and famine.· The four-year drought has caused widespread famine across Afghanistan.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY If you get hungry, there’s some cold chicken in the fridge.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Many families are forced to go hungry. I was ravenously hungry.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
If you get hungry, there’s some cold chicken in the fridge. (=showing that you want something very much)· The men looked around the room with their greedy eyes.
Many families are forced to go hungry. I was ravenously hungry.· He is always hungry, and not only for food.· It was always hungry, and now it was starving.· They led a very hard life, always hungry, sometimes without food for several days.· In my very earliest memories, I am hungry, always hungry.· The boys ate everything and were always hungry.· I was always hungry back then, six or seven times a day.· We were always hungry and we were always broke.· And if it turned out that he wouldn't, then dragons were always hungry and needed to be fed regularly.
· I didn't realize how hungry I was until I started eating, and my plate was soon empty.· The guards dis-covered the body and ordered it carried out almost immediately, but the argument suggests how hungry we were.· Robbie suddenly realised how hungry she was.· The friar realised how hungry he was.· The warm, delicious smell of home baking emanating from the kitchen made Beth realise just how hungry she was.
· She'd refused the airline food, and now found herself ravenously hungry.· We were anticipating the jellied meat and the sweet preserves, we were ravenously hungry.· It's no good some one like me being told they can't have any more when you're still ravenously hungry.
· Not really hungry, she made a cheese sandwich and curled up in front of the television.· The Plot A fox who was really hungry saw some grapes hanging from the top of a grapevine.
· I was so hungry I'd have eaten pork scratchings.· I have been so hungry that I have cut the blood off from crackers and eaten them.· I was so hungry that I could not cry.· Reggie White has been so hungry for so many years.· I was so hungry now I could hardly think.· I was so hungry my mouth watered; my eyes drooped with fatigue.· This winter perhaps there are fewer visitors, or they are not so hungry yet.· Then he directed me to take off with my oh so hungry little camel.
· He was still hungry, but he was not in trouble.· The granary ran low one day, while the masses were still hungry, so Ansovinus ordered the storehouse doors shut.· We now produce enough food for everyone, yet a third of the world is still hungry.· And if you are still hungry after that, here is something guaranteed to fill you up!
· Although Frankie had been dozing, he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time.· Are you too hungry and vulnerable at any particular time?· Sara did not reply; she was too hungry to spare any attention from her food.
· By the time the eggs hatch, she is very hungry indeed.· At first we were very hungry and more energetic.· Without an audience, but with a very hungry tummy, it wasn't long before Suzy began to eat properly.· Again, Simpleton went to the little gray man for help; he found a very hungry man.· I was very hungry so I began to eat something at once.· And the squid is very, very hungry.· She was cross with herself, and she was also very hungry, she'd had nothing much all day.· It was probably hunger, and she supposed she ought to eat something, only she didn't feel very hungry.
NOUN· He can still be seen on film in November 1921 in Saratov surrounded by hungry children.· It feeds hungry children, gives medical care to the sick and provides housing to the elderly.· A hungry child, hungry for love, acceptance, attention.· The aroma of fish and bread will drift over the hungry children standing behind the barbed wire fence, watching, waiting.· No hungry children shining shoes in the streets.
· Again, Simpleton went to the little gray man for help; he found a very hungry man.· The little gray man: A magical forest-dweller, he changed into the thirsty man and then the hungry man.
· There's going to be another hungry mouth to feed out of your advertising budgets come October.· I knew that when he walked he felt the hungry mouths beneath his boots.· One could suggest that this is not a result of too many hungry mouths but problems with access to food.· She whimpered, the wordless sound lost in their hungry mouths and mingled breath.
· How many hungry people might have been fed when he sold his material assets?· What would you do if you had to feed hundreds of thousands of hungry people at a two-day party in January?· I've just done the weekly shop for six hungry people-and yet again I feel shattered.· The images of these hopeless, hungry people haunted her, filling her with outrage.· It certainly has little to do with feeding hungry people.· It will be defeated, because the West brings with it science; and science means bread for millions of hungry people.· The reality of the world to hungry people is very different from what we know in the West.· There are still millions of poor and hungry people.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the hungry► power-hungry/news-hungry etc
- Families went hungry, lost nine months of income, and for what, really?
- Frankie had learned to prepare in advance for those days and nights when he might otherwise go hungry.
- It was a compulsion I'd starved for, and even if I never went hungry again I would feel that compulsion for ever.
- Many people had lost everything they owned in the floods and many were now going hungry, he said.
- Most of the 300,000 people live off the land and no one has gone hungry.
- No-one is allowed to go hungry.
- She has never gone hungry, suffered horrible illness or seen some one she loves die.
- Without welfare benefits, many may become homeless, others will go hungry.
WORD FAMILYnounhungeradjectivehungryadverbhungrily
1wanting to eat something: I was cold, tired, and hungry. If you get hungry, there’s some cold chicken in the fridge. Do you still feel hungry?2ill or weak as a result of not having enough to eat for a long time: We can’t justify wasting food when half the world is hungry.3go hungry to not have enough to eat: Thousands of families go hungry every day.4wanting or needing something very much SYN eagerhungry for She is hungry for success.hungry to do something Stan was hungry to learn.5the hungry [plural] people who do not have enough food to eat6power-hungry/news-hungry etc wanting power, news etc very much: a power-hungry politicianTHESAURUSwanting to eathungry wanting to eat something: · We were really hungry after our long walk.· It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids.peckish [not before noun] British English informal a little hungry: · I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge?starving/ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ (also starved American English) [not before noun] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: · I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving.· Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school.famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: · Everyone was famished by the time they arrived.I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry: · ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’appetite the desire for food that you have when you are hungry: · Exercise usually gives me an appetite.· It’s healthy to have a good appetite.ill because of lack of foodhungry ill or weak because of not having enough to eat: · terrible pictures of hungry children in Africastarving not having had enough food for a long time and likely to die soon without food: · Because of the drought, millions of people were starving.· the starving refugees from the warmalnourished formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time: · According to the report, one-fifth of the world’s population are malnourished.· malnourished infants- photocall
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