hungry
hun|gry /h'ʌŋgri/ (hungrier hungriest)
1 [ADJ]
When you are hungry, you want some food because you have not eaten for some time and have an uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach.
My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food...
≠ full
● hungrily [ADV] ADV with v
James ate hungrily.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If people go hungry, they do not have enough food to eat.
Leonidas' family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
3 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ for n, v-link ADJ to-inf
If you say that someone is hungry for something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. (LITERARY)
I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic.
= eager
[COMB in ADJ]
Hungry is also a combining form.
...power-hungry politicians.
● hungrily [ADV] ADV with v
He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!
1 [ADJ]
When you are hungry, you want some food because you have not eaten for some time and have an uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach.
My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food...
≠ full
● hungrily [ADV] ADV with v
James ate hungrily.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If people go hungry, they do not have enough food to eat.
Leonidas' family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
3 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ for n, v-link ADJ to-inf
If you say that someone is hungry for something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. (LITERARY)
I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic.
= eager
[COMB in ADJ]
Hungry is also a combining form.
...power-hungry politicians.
● hungrily [ADV] ADV with v
He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!