hungry
- Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
- Causing hunger.
- (figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
- Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).
Related words
get hungry
be hungry
feel hunger
grow hungry
empty-bellied
be tired
eager for
empty stomach
half-starved
hungry for
thirst for
become hungry
desirous of consuming
shamelessly voracious
scottied
famish
hambriento
affamato
affamé
faminto
πεινασμένος
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