hungry

CEFRA1

/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Needing or wanting food because you have not eaten enough.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Causing hunger.

Examples

  • You can't be hungry. You've just had dinner.

  • When are we eating? I'm hungry!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhʌŋɡɾe/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.

  2. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.

  3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

More examples

In context

  • He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.

  • I woke up very hungry and made some toast.

  • My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).