hungry

adj., -gri·er, -gri·est.

1. Experiencing a desire or need for food.
2. Extremely desirous; avid: hungry for recognition.
3. Characterized by or expressing hunger or craving: hungry eyes.
4. Lacking richness or fertility: hungry soil.

[Middle English hungri, from Old English hungrig, from hungor, hunger.]

hungrily hun'gri·ly adv.
hungriness hun'gri·ness n.

adjective

1. Desiring or craving food: famished, ravenous, starving, voracious. See ingestion.
2. Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, grasping, greedy. Informal grabby. See desire, give/take/reciprocity.

adj

Definition: starving; desirous
Antonyms: full, replete, satiated, satisfied, stuffed, well fed

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Descriptive of a paint film which shows the minute detail of the background on which it was applied, giving the appearance of skimpiness.

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IN BRIEF: Wanting or needing food. Also: Having a strong desire.

Patience is what you require when the fish are not hungry. — Unknown

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sulten

idioms:

• go hungry    sulte

Nederlands (Dutch)
hongerig, trek hebbend, smachtend naar

Français (French)
adj. - affamé, avoir faim, être en appétit, (fig) avide

idioms:

• go hungry    souffrir de la faim, se passer de manger

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hungrig, mager

idioms:

• go hungry    hungern, hungrig bleiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πεινασμένος, λιμασμένος

idioms:

• go hungry    με πιάνει πείνα, πεινώ, (μτφ.) λιμοκτονώ

Italiano (Italian)
affamato, avido

idioms:

• go hungry    soffrire la fame

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - com fome, desejoso

idioms:

• go hungry    passar fome

Русский (Russian)
голодный

idioms:

• go hungry    проголодаться

Español (Spanish)
adj. - hambriento, famélico, ávido

idioms:

• go hungry    sufrir hambre, pasar hambre

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hungrig, hungrande, längtande, torftig, som ger aptit, i behov av pengar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
饥饿的, 荒年的, 渴望的

idioms:

• go hungry    挨饿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 饑餓的, 荒年的, 渴望的

idioms:

• go hungry    挨餓

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 배고픈, 식욕을 돋구는, 동경하여, 불모의

idioms:

• go hungry    굶주리다, 먹지않고 지내다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 飢えた, 空腹そうな, 渇望して, 空腹な, ひもじい, 渇望する

idioms:

• go hungry    飢える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جائع, تواق, أرض قاحله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רעב, מתאווה, חמדן, קמצן, עני‬

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