Pronunciation

/ˈhʌŋɡri/

Definitions

• Adjective: Feeling the need or desire to eat; having an empty or unsatisfied feeling in the stomach associated with the need for food. For example: “After a long day of hiking, we were all feeling very hungry.”
• Noun (informal): A person who is hungry, especially one who is suffering from lack of food. For example: “The charity provides meals for the hungry.”

Phrases

• “Feeling hungry”: Expressing the state of being in need of food.
• “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”: An idiomatic expression to emphasize extreme hunger.
• “Feed the hungry”: The act of providing food for those who do not have enough.

Example Sentences

• Adjective: “It’s been hours since breakfast; I’m starting to feel quite hungry now.”
• Noun: “The soup kitchen serves meals to hundreds of hungry every day.”

Synonyms

• Starving
• Ravenous
• Famished
• Empty
• Peckish
• Appetitive
• Hungry-eyed
• Hungering
• Thirsty (for food)