hungry
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, hungreġ (“hungry, famishing; meager”), from Proto-Germanic *hungragaz, *hungrugaz (“hungry”), equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
hungry (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)
- Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
- My kids go to bed hungry every night because i haven't got any money.
- (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
- Charles Kingsley
- The cruel, hungry foam.
- Shakespeare
- Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
- Charles Kingsley
- Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
- a hungry soil
- Shakespeare
- The hungry beach.
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Translations [edit]
affected by hunger; desirous of food
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eager, having a desire for something
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