Meaning

4 senses
  1. Affected 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

  2. Causing hunger.

    All this gardening is hungry work.

  3. (figuratively)Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.

    young and hungry

    the students are hungry to learn

    gierig

    а́лчущийálčuščij, жа́ждущийžážduščij

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

    a hungry soil

Examples

2538 sentences
  1. I'm as hungry as a bear.

    Я страшенно голодний.

    ruЯ голодный как волк.

    deIch habe einen Bärenhunger.

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  2. I'm as hungry as a horse.

    Я голодний як вовк.

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  3. I don't think Tom is hungry.

    Не думаю, що Том голодний.

    ruНе думаю, что Том голодный.

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  4. I knew that Tom wasn't hungry.

    Я знав, що Том не голодний.

    ruЯ знал, что Том не голоден.

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  5. I know that Tom isn't hungry.

    Я знаю, що Том не хоче їсти.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том не голоден.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
affected by hunger; desirous of food:
Русский
By meaning 2
affected by hunger; desirous of food:
eager, having a desire for something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
affected by hunger; desirous of food:
eager, having a desire for something:

Origin

From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, f

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”).

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Forms

hungrier, hungriest
Comparativehungrier Lesson
Superlativehungriest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms

Word family

28 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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