Affected by hunger; having an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach because you need food. / Causing hunger. / (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.

The poets of the Hungry generation.

(slang) Hunger or cravings for food.

The characteristic of being hungry; hunger.

The 1930s, regarded as a period of poverty in Britain.

(informal, derogatory) Greedy and avaricious; greatly desiring money and seeking to obtain it using any means.

The cereal Digitaria exilis or white fonio.

(Buddhism, Chinese folk religion) A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume. Often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.

present participle of go hungry

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go hungry