Definition of hungry in English:

hungry

adjectivehungriest, hungrier ˈhʌŋɡriˈhəŋɡri

1Feeling or showing the need for food.
（感到）饥饿的，显出饥饿的样子的
I was feeling ravenously hungry
我饿极了。
Example sentencesExamples
- This wasn't helped by me being tired and hungry, but too tired to do anything about the hunger.
- The philosophy is that some smells will stop you from feeling hungry.
- Aid workers trying to hand out food were mobbed by hungry people, some of whom haven't eaten in five days.
- Eventually she started to feel hungry, so I took her out to dinner at her favourite Indian restaurant around here.
- Disturbances arose not so much when people were hungry as when they saw an opportunity to alleviate their hunger.
- That child knew that no one in her country deserves to go hungry.
- We found ourselves ravenously hungry after the day's hard traveling and setting up camp in the strong winds.
- He can now recognise when he is hungry and cry for food.
- Once again, the organization reports seeing more and more people who are hungry or at risk for hunger.
- Now she was hungry, but it wasn't the kind of hunger ordinary food could satisfy.
- I know that without help, people in much worse circumstances than I will go hungry.
- I've known people who would rather go hungry than dine on their own.
- If you were short of a bit of food, your neighbours wouldn't see you go hungry.
- I wasn't hungry for more, but had to try one more breakfast item before heading out to work.
- She pawed at my leg, telling me that her food bowl was empty and she was hungry.
- Anyhow, this talk about food is getting me hungry.
- This shouldn't be a problem if you eat only when hungry and only enough to satisfy your hunger.
- People go hungry because they are poor and can't afford to buy food, not because of a global food shortage.
- At first glance, it seems outrageous that leaders would allow their people to go hungry rather than letting them eat GM food.
- There are people in this world that go hungry because they don't have food and here we are, promoting the waste of it.
Synonyms
ravenous, empty, hollow, faint from hunger
starving, starved, famished, dying from hunger, deprived of food, half-starved, malnourished, undernourished, underfed
informal peckish, able to eat a horse, with one's stomach thinking one's throat's cut
rare sharp-set, esurient
1. 1.1attributive Causing hunger.
  使人饥饿的；引起食欲的
  I always find art galleries hungry work
  我总觉得参观美术馆容易让人感到饥饿。
2. 1.2 Having a strong desire or craving.
  渴望的，热望的
  a party hungry for power
  渴望权力的政党。
  in combination grasping, power-hungry individuals
  贪婪、渴望权力的人们。
  Example sentencesExamples
  All those on the leading edge, not just designers, become hungry for alternatives.
  The Waterford team lifted their game and were hungry for another goal.
  Politics attracts a certain type of guy: the narcissistic showman, hungry for attention and holding centre stage.
  It may be a case of adults and school administrators hungry for control in an easy to achieve, visible way.
  Players seemingly were hungry for a game as there was a large turnout.
  The aim of this interview is to make me hungry for the job, demanding and keen.
  He can hardly enter a room or alight from a car without a press posse descending, hungry for a photo or off-the-cuff remark.
  The world is consuming vast amounts of energy, and it's hungry for even more.
  She acts, she directs, she collects objets, she throws diva fits and she never disappoints a press hungry for diva behaviour.
  The world is hungry for Scotland's contemporary art and our artists and institutions are brimming with confidence.
  Now he was hungry for intellectual growth, and he wanted to write about his experiences.
  They are hungry for knowledge about the art form, eager to meet the artists and find out who they are.
  The next decade looks to be one that could be characterised by equally greedy shareholders hungry for dividends.
  I have a real desire for jewellery and am hungry for success in the long term.
  Right from the start he was very up for it, keen to get on with the lads and hungry for success, and he has integrated really well.
  A few search engines, hungry for cash, accepted money from websites in exchange for placing the sites in search results.
  Each hold I would attach my fingers to would satisfy my craving while still leaving me hungry for more.
  If you are hungry for knowledge and entertainment at a price that does not pinch your pocket, then be there at the exhibition.
  The queue for this exhibition coiled round the cathedral square - not tourists, but Milanese hungry for culture.
  India was desperately hungry for international cricket in those days, but foreign teams were not keen to come here.
  Synonyms
  eager, keen, avid, longing, yearning, pining, aching, greedy, thirsting, with an appetite
  craving, desiring, desirous of, covetous of, hankering after, lusting after, in need of, in want of
  informal itching, dying, gagging, hot, with a yen
  archaic athirst

Derivatives

hungriness

noun ˈhʌŋɡrɪnəsˈhəŋɡrinəs

She had a hungriness to want to be in the studio all the time.
Example sentencesExamples
- Experience, versatility, ability and a hungriness to do well are ingredients that I like in a player and he's got them all.
- I thought the change would bring out their hungriness.

Origin

Old English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.

Definition of hungry in US English:

hungry

adjectiveˈhəŋɡriˈhəNGɡrē

1Feeling or displaying the need for food.
（感到）饥饿的，显出饥饿的样子的
I was feeling ravenously hungry
我饿极了。
children with hungry looks on their faces
面露饥色的孩子。
Example sentencesExamples
- I know that without help, people in much worse circumstances than I will go hungry.
- I've known people who would rather go hungry than dine on their own.
- The philosophy is that some smells will stop you from feeling hungry.
- There are people in this world that go hungry because they don't have food and here we are, promoting the waste of it.
- Aid workers trying to hand out food were mobbed by hungry people, some of whom haven't eaten in five days.
- This wasn't helped by me being tired and hungry, but too tired to do anything about the hunger.
- Eventually she started to feel hungry, so I took her out to dinner at her favourite Indian restaurant around here.
- At first glance, it seems outrageous that leaders would allow their people to go hungry rather than letting them eat GM food.
- I wasn't hungry for more, but had to try one more breakfast item before heading out to work.
- Once again, the organization reports seeing more and more people who are hungry or at risk for hunger.
- If you were short of a bit of food, your neighbours wouldn't see you go hungry.
- Disturbances arose not so much when people were hungry as when they saw an opportunity to alleviate their hunger.
- This shouldn't be a problem if you eat only when hungry and only enough to satisfy your hunger.
- Anyhow, this talk about food is getting me hungry.
- He can now recognise when he is hungry and cry for food.
- Now she was hungry, but it wasn't the kind of hunger ordinary food could satisfy.
- People go hungry because they are poor and can't afford to buy food, not because of a global food shortage.
- She pawed at my leg, telling me that her food bowl was empty and she was hungry.
- That child knew that no one in her country deserves to go hungry.
- We found ourselves ravenously hungry after the day's hard traveling and setting up camp in the strong winds.
1. 1.1attributive Causing hunger.
  使人饥饿的；引起食欲的
  I always find art galleries hungry work
  我总觉得参观美术馆容易让人感到饥饿。
2. 1.2 Having a strong desire or craving.
  渴望的，热望的
  he was hungry for any kind of excitement
  in combination grasping, power-hungry individuals
  贪婪、渴望权力的人们。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She acts, she directs, she collects objets, she throws diva fits and she never disappoints a press hungry for diva behaviour.
  A few search engines, hungry for cash, accepted money from websites in exchange for placing the sites in search results.
  They are hungry for knowledge about the art form, eager to meet the artists and find out who they are.
  The queue for this exhibition coiled round the cathedral square - not tourists, but Milanese hungry for culture.
  All those on the leading edge, not just designers, become hungry for alternatives.
  I have a real desire for jewellery and am hungry for success in the long term.
  Now he was hungry for intellectual growth, and he wanted to write about his experiences.
  The next decade looks to be one that could be characterised by equally greedy shareholders hungry for dividends.
  Right from the start he was very up for it, keen to get on with the lads and hungry for success, and he has integrated really well.
  Each hold I would attach my fingers to would satisfy my craving while still leaving me hungry for more.
  The world is consuming vast amounts of energy, and it's hungry for even more.
  India was desperately hungry for international cricket in those days, but foreign teams were not keen to come here.
  Politics attracts a certain type of guy: the narcissistic showman, hungry for attention and holding centre stage.
  The Waterford team lifted their game and were hungry for another goal.
  If you are hungry for knowledge and entertainment at a price that does not pinch your pocket, then be there at the exhibition.
  The world is hungry for Scotland's contemporary art and our artists and institutions are brimming with confidence.
  The aim of this interview is to make me hungry for the job, demanding and keen.
  He can hardly enter a room or alight from a car without a press posse descending, hungry for a photo or off-the-cuff remark.
  It may be a case of adults and school administrators hungry for control in an easy to achieve, visible way.
  Players seemingly were hungry for a game as there was a large turnout.

Origin

Old English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.

词汇	hungry
释义	Definition of hungry in English: hungry adjectivehungriest, hungrier ˈhʌŋɡriˈhəŋɡri 1Feeling or showing the need for food. （感到）饥饿的，显出饥饿的样子的 I was feeling ravenously hungry 我饿极了。 Example sentencesExamples This wasn't helped by me being tired and hungry, but too tired to do anything about the hunger. The philosophy is that some smells will stop you from feeling hungry. Aid workers trying to hand out food were mobbed by hungry people, some of whom haven't eaten in five days. Eventually she started to feel hungry, so I took her out to dinner at her favourite Indian restaurant around here. Disturbances arose not so much when people were hungry as when they saw an opportunity to alleviate their hunger. That child knew that no one in her country deserves to go hungry. We found ourselves ravenously hungry after the day's hard traveling and setting up camp in the strong winds. He can now recognise when he is hungry and cry for food. Once again, the organization reports seeing more and more people who are hungry or at risk for hunger. Now she was hungry, but it wasn't the kind of hunger ordinary food could satisfy. I know that without help, people in much worse circumstances than I will go hungry. I've known people who would rather go hungry than dine on their own. If you were short of a bit of food, your neighbours wouldn't see you go hungry. I wasn't hungry for more, but had to try one more breakfast item before heading out to work. She pawed at my leg, telling me that her food bowl was empty and she was hungry. Anyhow, this talk about food is getting me hungry. This shouldn't be a problem if you eat only when hungry and only enough to satisfy your hunger. People go hungry because they are poor and can't afford to buy food, not because of a global food shortage. At first glance, it seems outrageous that leaders would allow their people to go hungry rather than letting them eat GM food. There are people in this world that go hungry because they don't have food and here we are, promoting the waste of it. Synonyms ravenous, empty, hollow, faint from hunger starving, starved, famished, dying from hunger, deprived of food, half-starved, malnourished, undernourished, underfed informal peckish, able to eat a horse, with one's stomach thinking one's throat's cut rare sharp-set, esurient 1.1attributive Causing hunger. 使人饥饿的；引起食欲的 I always find art galleries hungry work 我总觉得参观美术馆容易让人感到饥饿。 1.2 Having a strong desire or craving. 渴望的，热望的 a party hungry for power 渴望权力的政党。 in combination grasping, power-hungry individuals 贪婪、渴望权力的人们。 Example sentencesExamples All those on the leading edge, not just designers, become hungry for alternatives. The Waterford team lifted their game and were hungry for another goal. Politics attracts a certain type of guy: the narcissistic showman, hungry for attention and holding centre stage. It may be a case of adults and school administrators hungry for control in an easy to achieve, visible way. Players seemingly were hungry for a game as there was a large turnout. The aim of this interview is to make me hungry for the job, demanding and keen. He can hardly enter a room or alight from a car without a press posse descending, hungry for a photo or off-the-cuff remark. The world is consuming vast amounts of energy, and it's hungry for even more. She acts, she directs, she collects objets, she throws diva fits and she never disappoints a press hungry for diva behaviour. The world is hungry for Scotland's contemporary art and our artists and institutions are brimming with confidence. Now he was hungry for intellectual growth, and he wanted to write about his experiences. They are hungry for knowledge about the art form, eager to meet the artists and find out who they are. The next decade looks to be one that could be characterised by equally greedy shareholders hungry for dividends. I have a real desire for jewellery and am hungry for success in the long term. Right from the start he was very up for it, keen to get on with the lads and hungry for success, and he has integrated really well. A few search engines, hungry for cash, accepted money from websites in exchange for placing the sites in search results. Each hold I would attach my fingers to would satisfy my craving while still leaving me hungry for more. If you are hungry for knowledge and entertainment at a price that does not pinch your pocket, then be there at the exhibition. The queue for this exhibition coiled round the cathedral square - not tourists, but Milanese hungry for culture. India was desperately hungry for international cricket in those days, but foreign teams were not keen to come here. Synonyms eager, keen, avid, longing, yearning, pining, aching, greedy, thirsting, with an appetite craving, desiring, desirous of, covetous of, hankering after, lusting after, in need of, in want of informal itching, dying, gagging, hot, with a yen archaic athirst Derivatives hungriness noun ˈhʌŋɡrɪnəsˈhəŋɡrinəs She had a hungriness to want to be in the studio all the time. Example sentencesExamples Experience, versatility, ability and a hungriness to do well are ingredients that I like in a player and he's got them all. I thought the change would bring out their hungriness. Origin Old English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger. Definition of hungry in US English: hungry adjectiveˈhəŋɡriˈhəNGɡrē 1Feeling or displaying the need for food. （感到）饥饿的，显出饥饿的样子的 I was feeling ravenously hungry 我饿极了。 children with hungry looks on their faces 面露饥色的孩子。 Example sentencesExamples I know that without help, people in much worse circumstances than I will go hungry. I've known people who would rather go hungry than dine on their own. The philosophy is that some smells will stop you from feeling hungry. There are people in this world that go hungry because they don't have food and here we are, promoting the waste of it. Aid workers trying to hand out food were mobbed by hungry people, some of whom haven't eaten in five days. This wasn't helped by me being tired and hungry, but too tired to do anything about the hunger. Eventually she started to feel hungry, so I took her out to dinner at her favourite Indian restaurant around here. At first glance, it seems outrageous that leaders would allow their people to go hungry rather than letting them eat GM food. I wasn't hungry for more, but had to try one more breakfast item before heading out to work. Once again, the organization reports seeing more and more people who are hungry or at risk for hunger. If you were short of a bit of food, your neighbours wouldn't see you go hungry. Disturbances arose not so much when people were hungry as when they saw an opportunity to alleviate their hunger. This shouldn't be a problem if you eat only when hungry and only enough to satisfy your hunger. Anyhow, this talk about food is getting me hungry. He can now recognise when he is hungry and cry for food. Now she was hungry, but it wasn't the kind of hunger ordinary food could satisfy. People go hungry because they are poor and can't afford to buy food, not because of a global food shortage. She pawed at my leg, telling me that her food bowl was empty and she was hungry. That child knew that no one in her country deserves to go hungry. We found ourselves ravenously hungry after the day's hard traveling and setting up camp in the strong winds. 1.1attributive Causing hunger. 使人饥饿的；引起食欲的 I always find art galleries hungry work 我总觉得参观美术馆容易让人感到饥饿。 1.2 Having a strong desire or craving. 渴望的，热望的 he was hungry for any kind of excitement in combination grasping, power-hungry individuals 贪婪、渴望权力的人们。 Example sentencesExamples She acts, she directs, she collects objets, she throws diva fits and she never disappoints a press hungry for diva behaviour. A few search engines, hungry for cash, accepted money from websites in exchange for placing the sites in search results. They are hungry for knowledge about the art form, eager to meet the artists and find out who they are. The queue for this exhibition coiled round the cathedral square - not tourists, but Milanese hungry for culture. All those on the leading edge, not just designers, become hungry for alternatives. I have a real desire for jewellery and am hungry for success in the long term. Now he was hungry for intellectual growth, and he wanted to write about his experiences. The next decade looks to be one that could be characterised by equally greedy shareholders hungry for dividends. Right from the start he was very up for it, keen to get on with the lads and hungry for success, and he has integrated really well. Each hold I would attach my fingers to would satisfy my craving while still leaving me hungry for more. The world is consuming vast amounts of energy, and it's hungry for even more. India was desperately hungry for international cricket in those days, but foreign teams were not keen to come here. Politics attracts a certain type of guy: the narcissistic showman, hungry for attention and holding centre stage. The Waterford team lifted their game and were hungry for another goal. If you are hungry for knowledge and entertainment at a price that does not pinch your pocket, then be there at the exhibition. The world is hungry for Scotland's contemporary art and our artists and institutions are brimming with confidence. The aim of this interview is to make me hungry for the job, demanding and keen. He can hardly enter a room or alight from a car without a press posse descending, hungry for a photo or off-the-cuff remark. It may be a case of adults and school administrators hungry for control in an easy to achieve, visible way. Players seemingly were hungry for a game as there was a large turnout. Origin Old English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.
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