English-Finnish translations for hungry

• nälkäinen
  Tuolloin Eurooppa oli autio, nälkäinen ja uhattu maanosa. At that point, Europe was a desolated, hungry and threatened continent.
  Nälkäinen ja työtön ihminen, jolla ei ole asuntoa ei ole siinä tilassa, että voisi nauttia ihmisoikeuksista. A person who is hungry, who has no work and who has no home, is in no position to enjoy civil rights.
  Buddhalaismunkille aamiainen on erittäin pyhä asia, sillä syön aina herättyäni, koska olen silloin aina nälkäinen. As a Buddhist monk, breakfast is something very sacred because I always eat when I wake up, as I always feel hungry.

Definition of hungry

• Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food
• Eager, having an avid desire for something
• Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved

Examples

• My kids go to bed hungry every night because I havent got any money
• a hungry soil

Related words

• power-hungry
• energy-hungry
• hungry ghost
• hungry year
• Hungry Bentley
• hungry enough to eat a horse
• hungry koos
• hungry millet
• hungry rice