having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.

indicating, characteristic of, or characterized by hunger

He approached the table with a hungry look.

strongly or eagerly desirous.

lacking needful or desirable elements; not fertile; poor

hungry land.

marked by a scarcity of food

The depression years were hungry times.

Informal . aggressively ambitious or competitive, as from a need to overcome poverty or past defeats

a hungry investment firm looking for wealthy clients.

adjective

full , replete , satiated , satisfied , stuffed

adjective

athirst , avid , carnivorous , could eat a horse , covetous , craving , eager , edacious , empty , esurient , famished , famishing , flying light , got the munchies , greedy , hankering , hoggish , hollow , hungered , insatiate , keen , omnivorous , on empty stomach , piggish , rapacious , ravenous , starved , unfilled , unsatisfied , voracious , yearning , starving , acquisitive , avaricious , grasping , barren , depleted , infertile , insatiable , unfed