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Webster 1913 Edition


Hungry

Hun′gry

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Hungrier
;
sup
erl.
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.
2.
Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
The cruel,
hungry
foam.
C. Kingsley.
Cassius has a lean and
hungry
look.
Shakespeare
3.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved;
as, a
hungry
soil
.
“The hungry beach.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hungry

HUN'GRY

,
Adj.
Having a keen appetite; feeling pain or uneasiness from want of food. Eat only when you are hungry.
1.
Having an eager desire.
2.
Lean; emaciated, as if reduced by hunger.
Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
3.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; requiring substances to enrich itself; as a hungry soil; a hungry gravel.

Definition 2024


hungry

hungry

English

Adjective

hungry (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)

  1. Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
    My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money.
  2. (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
    • Charles Kingsley
      The cruel, hungry foam.
    • Shakespeare
      Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
  3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
    a hungry soil
    • Shakespeare
      The hungry beach.

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