There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Source: tatoeba (1856)
Hungry
//ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi//
Synonyms for "hungry" (56 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesMore specific
9 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
13 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
2 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas last_subevent
1 entrieshas subevent
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
235 translations across 142 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- амлага adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Albanian
1 entries- i uritur adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Arabic
4 entries- جايع adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- جعان adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- جعان adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- جوعان adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Armenian
2 entries- սոված adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- քաղցել adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Ashkun
1 entries- abót adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Asturian
4 entries- afamiáu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- esfamiáu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- famientu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- famiáu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Avar
1 entries- вакъарав adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ac adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Bashkir
1 entries- ас adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Basque
2 entries- gose adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- gosebera adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Belarusian
1 entries- гало́дны adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Bengali
1 entries- ক্ষুধার্ত adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- भूखा adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Bikol Central
1 entries- gutom adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Bislama
1 entries- hanggre adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Bulgarian
3 entries- гла́ден adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- жадуващ adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- изтощен adj (Not rich or fertile)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆာ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- famìu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Catalan
2 entries- afamat adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- tenir fam adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بِرسی adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Chechen
1 entries- меца adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Chickasaw
1 entries- hopoba adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Chinese
3 entries- вә adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 枵 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 飢 /饥 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 肚餓 /肚饿 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 飢餓 /饥饿 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 餓 /饿 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 飢 /饥 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 飢餓 /饥饿 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 餓 /饿 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Chinook Jargon
1 entries- ulu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Chuvash
1 entries- выҫӑ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Czech
1 entries- hladový adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Danish
1 entries- sulten adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Dolgan
1 entries- аччык adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Dutch
4 entries- begerig adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- honger hebben adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- hongerend adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- hongerig adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsata adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Estonian
2 entries- ihkav adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- näljane adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Finnish
2 entries- nälkäinen adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- nälkäinen adj (eager, having a desire for something)
French
4 entries- affamé adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- avoir faim adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- désolé adj (Not rich or fertile)
- infertile adj (Not rich or fertile)
Galician
4 entries- arelante adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- debecido adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- debuón adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- degoirado adj (eager, having a desire for something)
Gallurese
1 entries- famitu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Georgian
2 entries- დამშეული adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- მშიერი adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
German
3 entries- Hunger haben adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- gierig adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- hungrig adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Greek
3 entries- νηστικός adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- πεινασμένος adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- πεινασμένος adj (eager, having a desire for something)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- grangou adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 肚枵 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 肚飢 /肚饥 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Halkomelem
1 entries- kw'à:y adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Hebrew
1 entries- רָעֵב adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Hindi
1 entries- भूखा adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Hungarian
1 entries- éhes adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Icelandic
1 entries- svangur adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Ido
1 entries- hungroza adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Indonesian
1 entries- lapar adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Ingush
1 entries- меца adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Iraqi Arabic
1 entries- جيعان adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Irish
4 entries- amplach adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- amplúil adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- ocrach adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- ocras a bheith ort adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Italian
2 entries- affamato adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- avere fame adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Japanese
4 entries- お腹が空いている adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 空腹な adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 腹が減っている adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 飢えた adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Jarai
1 entries- rơmŏn adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Javanese
1 entries- luwé adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Jeju
1 entries- 베고프다 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Kamkata-vari
1 entries- ṓtë adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Kazakh
1 entries- аш adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Khakas
1 entries- ас adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Khalaj
1 entries- âç adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Khmer
1 entries- ឃ្លាន adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Korean
2 entries- 굶주리다 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- 배고프다 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ач adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Ladino
1 entries- ambyerto adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Laki
2 entries- ڤِرسێ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- ڤِرِسنێ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Lao
1 entries- ຫິວ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Latin
2 entries- iēiūnus adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- ēsuriēns adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Latvian
1 entries- izsalcis adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Lithuanian
4 entries- alkana adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- alkanas adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- išbadėjusi adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- išbadėjęs adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Louisiana Creole
1 entries- fim adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- głodny adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- hongereg adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Macedonian
1 entries- гладен adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Malagasy
1 entries- noana adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Malay
1 entries- lapar adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Maltese
2 entries- bil-ġuħ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- jħoss ġuħ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Middle English
1 entries- hungry adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Mizo
1 entries- rilṭam adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Mongolian
2 entries- өлсгөлөн adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- өлөн adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Nauruan
1 entries- metur adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Norman
1 entries- affanmé adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- birsî adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- birçî adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hungrig adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- hungrig adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- sulten adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- hungrig adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- hungrig adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- svolten adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Occitan
1 entries- afamat adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Odia
1 entries- ଭୋକିଲା adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Old English
2 entries- hungriġ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- hyngran adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Old Javanese
1 entries- lapa adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Old Prussian
1 entries- alkīns adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰀𐰲 adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Ossetian
1 entries- стонг adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- آج adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- آج adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- آج adj (Not rich or fertile)
Persian
1 entries- گرسنه adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Polish
2 entries- głodny adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- spragniony adj (eager, having a desire for something)
Portuguese
4 entries- com fome adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- esfomeado adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- faminto adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- faminto adj (eager, having a desire for something)
Prasuni
1 entries- vutá adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Romani
1 entries- bokhalo adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Romanian
2 entries- flămând adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- i fi foame adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Romansch
2 entries- avair fom adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- fomentà adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Russian
3 entries- а́лчущий adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- голо́дный adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- жа́ждущий adj (eager, having a desire for something)
Samoan
1 entries- fia 'ai adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Sardinian
2 entries- afframicosau adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- famìdu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Sassarese
1 entries- famiddu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gladan adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- гладан adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Sikkimese
1 entries- བཀྲེས་པོ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Slovak
1 entries- hladný adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Slovene
1 entries- lačen adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- وِرسێ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Spanish
4 entries- hambriento adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- hambriento adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- hambroso adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- tener hambre adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Swedish
2 entries- hungrig adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- hungrig adj (eager, having a desire for something)
Tajik
1 entries- гурусна adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tamil
4 entries- ஆர்வம் adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- ஆவல் adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- பசி adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- பசி adj (eager, having a desire for something)
Tat
1 entries- kisnə adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tatar
1 entries- ач adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tausug
1 entries- mahapdi' adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tetum
1 entries- lahak adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Thai
3 entries- กระหาย adj (eager, having a desire for something)
- ท้องเลว adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- หิว adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལྟོགས་པ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tocharian B
1 entries- keścye adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- hanggre adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- hangre adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tongan
1 entries- fiekaia adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Turkish
1 entries- aç adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Turkmen
1 entries- aç adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Tuvan
1 entries- аш adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Ukrainian
1 entries- голо́дний adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Unami
2 entries- kahtupwi adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- katupwi adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- hłódny adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Urdu
1 entries- بھوکا adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاچ adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Uzbek
1 entries- och adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Venetan
1 entries- famadìn adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đói adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Waigali
1 entries- atë adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Walloon
1 entries- aveur fwin adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Welsh
2 entries- newynllyd adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
- newynog adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- lingantu adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
White Hmong
1 entries- tshaib adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Yakut
1 entries- аччык adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Yiddish
1 entries- הונגעריק adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Yoruba
1 entries- ebi pa adj (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
When are we eating? I'm hungry!
Source: tatoeba (2073)
I suppose you're hungry.
Source: tatoeba (16196)
You can't be hungry. You've just had dinner.
Source: tatoeba (17882)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.