hungry
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for foodAffected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
» I'm as hungry as a bear.
Ich habe einen Bärenhunger.
Ich habe einen Bärenhunger!
Я голодный как волк.
Я голодная как волк.
Я страшенно голодний.
Meaning
4 sensesAffected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.
He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.
hungrig, Hunger haben
голо́дныйgolódnyj
голо́днийholódnyj
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
Causing hunger.
All this gardening is hungry work.
(figuratively)Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
young and hungry
the students are hungry to learn
gierig
а́лчущийálčuščij, жа́ждущийžážduščij
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
a hungry soil
Examples
2538 sentencesI'm as hungry as a bear.
Я страшенно голодний.
ruЯ голодный как волк.
deIch habe einen Bärenhunger.
I'm as hungry as a horse.
Я голодний як вовк.
I don't think Tom is hungry.
Не думаю, що Том голодний.
ruНе думаю, что Том голодный.
I knew that Tom wasn't hungry.
Я знав, що Том не голодний.
ruЯ знал, что Том не голоден.
I know that Tom isn't hungry.
Я знаю, що Том не хоче їсти.
ruЯ знаю, что Том не голоден.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, fFrom 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”).
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Forms
hungrier, hungriestSynonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
8 antonymsWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- be very hungry
- very hungry when
- hungry right now
- must be hungry
- as hungry as
- be hungry when
- might be hungry
- a little hungry
- to be hungry
- tired and hungry
- still hungry
- is still hungry