adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, US:/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
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Northern-England:/ˈhʊŋɡɹi/
Scotland:/ˈhʌŋɡɾe/
Wales:/ˈhʌŋɡɾi/
rhymes with -ʌŋɡɹi
homophone: Hungary (in some accents)
CMU ARPABET:HH AH1 NG G R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
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.
I woke up very hungry and made some toast.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: famished, peckish, starving
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Causing hunger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
All this gardening is hungry work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
young and hungry
the students are hungry to learn
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a hungry soil
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a world full of hungry people
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: thirsty
History
Etymology
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”).
Across languages
Translations
246 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
амлага
(amlaga)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Albanian:
i uritur
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جَائِع
(jāʔiʕ)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جَوْعَان
(jawʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جعان
(gaʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جعان
(yuʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جيعان
(jīʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جايع
(jāyiʕ)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جوعان
(jūʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Iraqi Arabic:
جيعان
(jīʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جيعان
(jīʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Arabic:
جوعان
(jūʕān)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Yemeni Arabic:
جايع
(jāyaʕ)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Armenian:
սոված
(sovac)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Armenian:
քաղցել
(kʻaġcʻel)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Ashkun:
abót
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Asturian:
afamiáu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Asturian:
esfamiáu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Asturian:
famiáu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Asturian:
famientu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Avar:
вакъарав
(waqxʼaraw)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Azerbaijani:
ac
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
West Coast Bajau:
lingantu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Bashkir:
ас
(as)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Basque:
gosebera
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Basque:
gose
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Belarusian:
гало́дны
(halódny)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Bengali:
ক্ষুধার্ত
(khudharto)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Bhojpuri:
भूखा
(bhūkhā)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Central Bikol:
gutom
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Bislama:
hanggre
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Bulgarian:
гла́ден
(gláden)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Burmese:
ဆာ
(hca)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Catalan:
afamat
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Catalan:
tenir fam
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chechen:
меца
(meca)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chickasaw:
hopoba
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese Cantonese:
肚餓 /肚饿
(tou5 ngo6)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese Cantonese:
餓 /饿
(ngo6)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese Cantonese:
飢餓 /饥饿
(gei1 ngo6)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese:
вә
(və)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Hakka Chinese:
肚枵
(tú-yâu)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Hakka Chinese:
肚飢 /肚饥
(tú-kî)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese:
飢 /饥
(zh-min-nan)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese:
枵
(zh-min-nan)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese Mandarin:
飢餓 /饥饿
(jī'è)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese Mandarin:
餓 /饿
(è)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinese Mandarin:
飢 /饥
(jī)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chinook Jargon:
ulu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Chuvash:
выҫӑ
(vyś̬ă)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Czech:
hladový
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Danish:
sulten
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Dolgan:
аччык
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Dutch:
hongerig
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Dutch:
honger hebben
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Esperanto:
malsata
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Estonian:
näljane
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Finnish:
nälkäinen
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
French:
affamé
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
French:
avoir faim
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Galician:
famento
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Galician:
esfameado
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Galician:
ter fame
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Gallurese:
famitu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Georgian:
მშიერი
(mšieri)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Georgian:
დამშეული
(damšeuli)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
German:
hungrig
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
German:
Hunger haben
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Gothic:
𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃
(grēdags)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Greek:
πεινασμένος
(peinasménos)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Greek:
νηστικός
(nistikós)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Haitian Creole:
grangou
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Halkomelem:
kw'à:y
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Hebrew:
רָעֵב
(ra'év)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Hindi:
भूखा
(bhūkhā)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
White Hmong:
tshaib
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Hungarian:
éhes
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Icelandic:
svangur
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Ido:
hungroza
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Indonesian:
lapar
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Ingush:
меца
(meca)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Irish:
ocrach
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Irish:
ocras a bheith ort
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Italian:
affamato
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Italian:
avere fame
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Japanese:
空腹な
(kūfuku na)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Japanese:
飢えた
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Japanese:
お腹が空いている
(onaka ga suite iru)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Japanese:
腹が減っている
(hara ga hette iru)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Japanese:
饑い
(hidarui)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Jarai:
rơmŏn
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Javanese:
luwé
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Old Javanese:
lapa
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Jeju:
베고프다
(begopeuda)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Kamviri:
ṓtë
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Kazakh:
аш
(aş)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Khakas:
ас
(as)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Khalaj:
âç
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Khmer:
ឃ្លាន
(khliən)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Korean:
배고프다
(baegopeuda)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Korean:
굶주리다
(gumjurida)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Central Kurdish:
بِرسی
(birsî)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Laki:
ڤِرسێ
(virsê)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Laki:
ڤِرِسنێ
(virisnê)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Northern Kurdish:
birçî
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Northern Kurdish:
birsî
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Southern Kurdish:
وِرسێ
(wirsê)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Kyrgyz:
ач
(ac)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Ladino:
ambyerto
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Lao:
ຫິວ
(hiu)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Latin:
ēsuriēns
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Latin:
iēiūnus
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Latvian:
izsalcis
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Lithuanian:
alkanas
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Lithuanian:
alkana
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Lithuanian:
išbadėjęs
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Lithuanian:
išbadėjusi
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Louisiana Creole:
fim
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Lutuv:
diy
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Luxembourgish:
hongereg
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Macedonian:
гладен
(gladen)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Malagasy:
noana
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Malay:
lapar
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Maltese:
bil-ġuħ
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Maltese:
jħoss ġuħ
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Marshallese:
kwōle
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Marshallese:
ean̄den
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Marshallese:
bōro-kōrkōr
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Middle English:
hungry
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Mizo:
rilṭam
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Mongolian:
өлөн
(ölön)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Mongolian:
өлсгөлөн
(ölsgölön)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Nauruan:
metur
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Norman:
affanmé
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Norwegian Bokmål:
sulten
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Norwegian Bokmål:
hungrig
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Norwegian Nynorsk:
svolten
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hungrig
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Occitan:
afamat
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Odia:
ଭୋକିଲା
(bhokilā)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Old English:
hungriġ
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Old English:
hyngran
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Old Prussian:
alkīns
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Old Turkic:
𐰀𐰲
(āč)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Ossetian:
стонг
(stong)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Persian:
گرسنه
(gorosne)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Polish:
głodny
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Portuguese:
faminto
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Portuguese:
com fome
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Portuguese:
esfomeado
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Prasuni:
vutá
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Romani:
bokhalo
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Romanian:
flămând
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Romanian:
i fi foame
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Romansh:
fomentà
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Romansh:
avair fom
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Russian:
голо́дный
(golódnyj)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Samoan:
fia 'ai
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Campidanese Sardinian:
famìu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Sardinian:
famìdu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Sardinian:
afframicosau
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Sassarese:
famiddu
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Serbo-Croatian:
гладан
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Serbo-Croatian:
gladan
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Sikkimese:
བཀྲེས་པོ
(bkres po)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Slovak:
hladný
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Slovene:
lačen
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Lower Sorbian:
głodny
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Upper Sorbian:
hłódny
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Southern Altai:
ач
(ač)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Spanish:
hambriento
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Spanish:
tener hambre
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Spanish:
hambroso
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Spanish:
con hambre
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Spanish:
hacer hambre
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Swedish:
hungrig
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tajik:
гурусна
(gurusna)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tamil:
பசி
(paci)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tat:
kisnə
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tatar:
ач
(aç)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tausug:
mahapdi'
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tetum:
lahak
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Thai:
หิว
(hǐu)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Thai:
ท้องเลว
(tóng leo)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tibetan:
ལྟོགས་པ
(ltogs pa)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tocharian B:
keścye
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tok Pisin:
hanggre
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tok Pisin:
hangre
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tongan:
fiekaia
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Turkish:
aç
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Ottoman Turkish:
آج
(ac)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Turkmen:
aç
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Tuvan:
аш
(aş)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Ukrainian:
голо́дний
(holódnyj)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Unami:
katupwi
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Unami:
kahtupwi
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Urdu:
بھوکا
(bhūkā)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Uyghur:
ئاچ
(ach)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Uzbek:
och
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Venetan:
famadìn
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Vietnamese:
đói
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Waigali:
atë
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Walloon:
aveur fwin
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Welsh:
newynog
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Welsh:
newynllyd
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Yakut:
аччык
(aččïk)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Yiddish:
הונגעריק
(hungerik)
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Yoruba:
ebi pa
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Yucatec Maya:
wiʼij
— affected by hunger; desirous of food
Bulgarian:
жадуващ
(žaduvašt)
— eager, having a desire for something
Dutch:
hongerend
— eager, having a desire for something
Dutch:
hongerig
— eager, having a desire for something
Dutch:
begerig
— eager, having a desire for something
Dutch:
lustend
— eager, having a desire for something
Dutch:
snakkend
— eager, having a desire for something
Estonian:
ihkav
— eager, having a desire for something
Finnish:
nälkäinen
— eager, having a desire for something
Galician:
degoxón
— eager, having a desire for something
Galician:
debecido
— eager, having a desire for something
Galician:
gotroñón
— eager, having a desire for something
Galician:
debuón
— eager, having a desire for something
Galician:
degoirado
— eager, having a desire for something
Galician:
arelante
— eager, having a desire for something
German:
gierig
— eager, having a desire for something
Greek:
πεινασμένος
(peinasménos)
— eager, having a desire for something
Irish:
amplach
— eager, having a desire for something
Irish:
amplúil
— eager, having a desire for something
Marshallese:
bōro-kōrkōr
— eager, having a desire for something
Norwegian Bokmål:
hungrig
— eager, having a desire for something
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hungrig
— eager, having a desire for something
Polish:
spragniony
— eager, having a desire for something
Portuguese:
faminto
— eager, having a desire for something
Russian:
а́лчущий
(álčuščij)
— eager, having a desire for something
Russian:
жа́ждущий
(žážduščij)
— eager, having a desire for something
Spanish:
hambriento
— eager, having a desire for something
Swedish:
hungrig
— eager, having a desire for something
Tamil:
பசி
(paci)
— eager, having a desire for something
Tamil:
ஆர்வம்
(ārvam)
— eager, having a desire for something
Tamil:
ஆவல்
(āval)
— eager, having a desire for something
Thai:
กระหาย
(gràhăai)
— eager, having a desire for something
Ottoman Turkish:
آج
(ac)
— eager, having a desire for something
Bulgarian:
изтощен
(iztošten)
— Not rich or fertile
