Meaning of hungry In English

• 0 wanting or needing food:

  • By four o'clock I felt/was really hungry.

  • The children are always hungry when they get home from school.

  • There are too many hungry people (= people without enough to eat) in the world.

  • She often goes hungry herself (= does not eat) so that her children can have enough to eat.

  • Digging the garden is hungry work (= makes you feel hunger).

• 1 having a strong wish or desire for something:

  • She was so hungry for success that she'd do anything to achieve it.

  • Journalists were hungry for details.

• 2 having a strong wish or desire for the stated thing:

  • power-hungry politicians

• 3 feeling the need to eat because there has been a period of time when you have not eaten:

  • The children are always hungry when they get home from school.

  • They were poor and often went to bed hungry (= did not get enough to eat at night).

• 4 having a strong desire; eager:

  • Kim is so hungry for success that she’ll do anything to achieve it.

• 5 having a great need or wish for the stated thing:

  • capital-/cash-/money-hungry

  • energy-/power-hungry The energy-hungry transportation sector was weak .

  • Many of its investors had been expecting the acquisition-hungry bank to move overseas for its next big deal.

• 6 having a great need or wish for something:

  • hungry for sth Analysts said investors were hungry for any information that could point the market in a direction.

  • We need to attract fresh talent and show the world that we are hungry for success.