Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food; such as a person's stomach rumbling, growling or grumbling.
"After running all day, his stomach began to rumble loudly as he felt hungry and longed for a meal."
In plain English: Hungry means you feel an empty feeling in your stomach that makes you want to eat food right now.
"I am so hungry that I could eat an entire pizza by myself."
Usage: Use hungry to describe the physical sensation of needing food rather than an intense craving for specific items like sweets. It applies directly to people experiencing stomach discomfort from lack of nourishment but can also metaphorically extend to non-human subjects seeking something urgently.
The word "hungry" comes from the Old English hungriġ, which is formed by adding the suffix "-y" to the noun "hunger." It shares a common Germanic origin with similar words in Dutch, German, and Swedish.