hungry
adj.adj. feeling a need or desire to eat food. You use this when your stomach feels empty and you want a meal.
adj. feeling or displaying a physiological need for food. Often used figuratively to describe a strong desire for success or achievement.
I am very hungry after my long walk.
The children were hungry after playing outside all afternoon, so they finished their dinner quickly.
The documentary highlights the plight of families in regions where millions of people remain hungry due to systemic food insecurity and prolonged drought.
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”).
Commonly follows the verb 'to be' or 'to feel'. When used figuratively, it often takes the preposition 'for'.