went hungry
Had no meals
Went hungry means experienced hunger, typically because food was unavailable or unaffordable rather than by choice.
The phrase emphasizes deprivation or hardship, often appearing in discussions of poverty or difficult circumstances.
During the Depression, many families went hungry.
She skipped meals so her children wouldn't go hungry.
To go hungry is to lack sufficient food; went hungry is simply the past tense of this expression.
- starvedSuffering extreme hunger
- famineSevere food shortage
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- making doUsing available resources adequately
- breadlinesQueues for free food
bread line · soup kitchen · malnutrition · missed meals · undernourishment · humanitarian crisis · desperation · shame · poverty · tight budget · hard times · food insecurity · stunted growth · growing pains · caloric deficit · weakness · crop failure · fatigue