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HUNGRY
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Irregular inflected forms: hungrier , hungriest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous
Example:
thirsty for information
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
desirous; wishful (having or expressing desire for something)
Derivation:
hunger (strong desire for something (not food or drink))
hungriness (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
Example:
a world full of hungry people
Classified under:
Similar:
empty; empty-bellied (needing nourishment)
esurient; famished; ravenous; sharp-set; starved (extremely hungry)
peckish (somewhat hungry)
supperless (without supper)
Antonym:
thirsty (feeling a need or desire to drink)
Derivation:
hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)
Context examples:
The girls meantime spread the table, set the children round the fire, and fed them like so many hungry birds, laughing, talking, and trying to understand the funny broken English.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“No—he should not eat. He was not hungry; it would only make him hotter.”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Now, Watson, if you will pack your bag I will cable to Mrs. Hudson to make one of her best efforts for two hungry travellers at 7:30 to-morrow.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The heart is the most energy-hungry organ in the body.
(Excess Fat Disrupts Heart Cell's Energy System, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Meantime he began to be tired, and hungry too, for he had given away his last penny in his joy at getting the cow.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The point is, your mind is hungry for stimulation this month—pull away from the same old routine to enjoy new concepts.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
When Dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
She found a peasant and his wife, hard working, bent down by care and labour, distributing a scanty meal to five hungry babes.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The next time you’re hungry for a snack, you may want to grab a handful of nuts, as new research suggests they lower the risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
(Daily Handful of Nuts Reduces Disease Risk, VOA)
Hungry as he was, he would not move to receive his ration of fish, which François had to bring to him.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
