hungry
/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ adjective A1- 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.
- Causing hunger. · All this gardening is hungry work.
- Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something. · young and hungry· the students are hungry to learn
- Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved. · a hungry soil
Comparative hungrier · Superlative hungriest
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And up-stairs, in the east gable, a lonely, heart-hungry, friendless child cried herself to sleep.
“I’m pretty hungry this morning,” she announced as she slipped into the chair Marilla placed for her.
He walked jauntily away, being hungry, and the unfortunate Matthew was left to do that which was harder for him than bearding a lion in its den--walk up to a girl--a strange girl--an orphan girl--and demand of her why she wasn’t a boy.
It was the worst enemy I had among them all—one who has been after me like a hungry wolf after a caribou all these years.
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