hungry

Wanting or needing food because you have not eaten enough.

• I am hungry.
• We were hungry after the walk.
• Are you still hungry after dinner?

Similar words: peckish

Opposites: full

Common phrases: feel hungry, hungry children, get hungry, go hungry

Making you want food because it takes a lot of physical effort.

• Digging is hungry work.
• A long walk can be hungry work.
• Moving all those boxes was hungry business.

Common phrases: hungry work, hungry business