hungry
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hungry
- /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ UK, US
- /ˈhʊŋɡɹi/ Northern England
- /ˈhʌŋɡɾe/ Scotland
- /ˈhʌŋɡɾi/ Wales
Sounds like Hungary (in some accents) · Rhymes with -ʌŋɡɹi
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective hungrier · hungriest
- Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.
- Causing hunger. All this gardening is hungry work.
- Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something. young and hungry
- Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved. a hungry soil
Similar: anhungry, ahungry, gaunted, hungerful, hungree, hungry
