English Explanatory Dictionary

hungry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ en-us-hungry.ogg /ˈhʊŋɡɹi/ /ˈhʌŋɡɾe/ /ˈhʌŋɡɾi/

Word forms

hungry hungrier hungriest

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

anhungry ahungry gaunted hungerful hungree hungry famished peckish starving

Antonyms

full gorged nonhungry unhungry sated satiated stuffed

Related words

thirsty I am hungry money-hungry power-hungry cumhungry

Derived words

ahungry a hungry man is an angry man anhungry bloodhungry cumhungry drungry go hungry hangry horngry hungries hungrify hungrily hungriness hungrisome hungry as a hog hungry gap hungry ghost Hungry Ghost Festival hungry like the wolf hungry rice I'm hungry money-hungry nonhungry overhungry power-hungry stay hungry superhungry thungry unhungrily unhungry warhungry
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