adjective · informal
hungry
/ˈhʌŋɡri/HUN·gry
Band 4-5speakingtask1
feeling the need or desire to eat
Examples
“After the game I felt really hungry.”
“Are you hungry? There's some bread left.”
“She was hungry for success and worked very hard.”
Band 8 sentence
“By the time we reached the station I was so hungry I could barely wait to eat.”
Collocations
- feel hungry
- hungry for
- be starving
Word family
hungry adjectivehunger nounhungrily adverb
Common mistakes
I have hungry.→I am hungry. / I feel hungry.
He is more hungry than me.→He is hungrier than me.
Say it for a higher band
5need food→6hungry→7+hungry
Synonyms
starving
Easily confused
starving
“After hiking all day, we were absolutely starving.”
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