hungry (hungrier comparative) (hungriest superlative )
1 adj When you are hungry, you want some food because you have not eaten for some time and have an uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach., (Antonym: full)
My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food...
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hungrily adv ADV with v
James ate hungrily.
2 If people go hungry, they do not have enough food to eat.
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go hungry phrase V inflects
Leonidas' family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
3 adj If you say that someone is hungry for something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much.
LITERARY usu v-link ADJ for n, v-link ADJ to-inf (emphasis)
(=eager)
I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic.
Hungry is also a combining form., comb in adj
...power-hungry politicians.
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hungrily adv ADV with v
He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!