Adjective

(er)

Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.

My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money .

(figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.

* Charles Kingsley

The cruel, hungry foam.

* Shakespeare

Cassius has a lean and hungry look.

Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

a hungry soil

* Shakespeare

The hungry beach.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.

* 1764 , :

Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,

He sees his little lot the lot of all;

Sees no contiguous palace rear its head

To shame the meanness of his humble shed;

No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal

To make him loathe his vegetable meal;

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, year=1829 , author= , title=The Alhambra citation , passage=I wandered on until I came to a sumptuous palace with a garden adorned with fountains and fishponds, and groves and flowers, and orchards laden with delicious fruit.}}

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Cabaye pulled all the strings in a dominant home performance and capped a majestic individual display with a sumptuous first-time finish into the far corner for his second goal of the afternoon.}}