hungry
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Adjective 4 meanings
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”
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”).
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HUNGRY at a glance
HUNGRY has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + U 1 + N 1 + G 2 + R 1 + Y 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,241 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hungry
All rhymes- ANGRY9
- HANGRY13
- AGGRY10
- AHUNGRY14
- PUGGRY13
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