Hun"gry (?), a. [Compar. Hungrier (?); superl. Hungriest.] [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
1.
Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2.
Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
The cruel, hungry foam.
C. Kingsley.
Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Shak.
3.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
"The
hungry beach."
Shak.
© Webster 1913.