hungry

Significado (English)

1. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
2. Causing hunger.
3. Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.
4. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

Synonyms

starve

hunger

starving

famished

greedy

starved

empty

gluttonous

thirsty

get hungry

poor

peckish

athirst

go hungry

ravenous

be hungry

feel hunger

sharp-set

esurient

grow hungry

starveling

empty-bellied

unfed

be tired

eager for

empty stomach

half-starved

hungry for

I am hungry

thirst for

become hungry

desirous of consuming

shamelessly voracious

waiflike

scottied

avid

barren

be

covetous

delicious

😋

eager

famine

famish

fasting

favorite

feeble

gaunt

insatiable

insatiate

long for

pinched with hunger

pitiful

ravening

scarcity

skinny

underfed

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: hungry

Inherited from inglês arcaico: hungriġ

Cognate with frísio ocidental: hongerich

Cognate with holandês: hongerig

Cognate with alemão: hungrig

Cognate with sueco: hungrig

Cognate with islandês: hungraður

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”).