'Hungry' definitions:
Definition of 'hungry'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" [ant: thirsty]
adjective
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton" [syn: athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)]
Definition of 'Hungry'
From: GCIDE
- Hungry \Hun"gry\, a. [Compar. Hungrier; superl. Hungriest.] [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
- 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. [1913 Webster]
- The cruel, hungry foam. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
- Cassius has a lean and hungry look. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. "The hungry beach." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hungry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquisitive,
- athirst,
- avid,
- consumed with desire,
- coveting,
- covetous,
- craving,
- deprived,
- desirous,
- devoured by desire,
- dog-hungry,
- dying,
- eager,
- empty,
- famished,
- famishing,
- fasting,
- fervid,
- greedy,
- half-famished,
- half-starved,
- hankering,
- hollow,
- hungering,
- insatiable,
- itching,
- keen,
- longing,
- mad with lust,
- peckish,
- pinched with hunger,
- prurient,
- rapacious,
- ravening,
- ravenous,
- sharp-set,
- starved,
- starving,
- thirsting,
- thirsty,
- unfilled,
- voracious,
- wolfish,
- yearning