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- [huhng-gree]
- /ˈhʌŋ gri/
- /ˈhʌŋɡri/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhng-gree]
- /ˈhʌŋ gri/
Definitions of hungry word
- adjective hungry having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger. 1
- adjective hungry indicating, characteristic of, or characterized by hunger: He approached the table with a hungry look. 1
- adjective hungry strongly or eagerly desirous. 1
- adjective hungry lacking needful or desirable elements; not fertile; poor: hungry land. 1
- adjective hungry marked by a scarcity of food: The depression years were hungry times. 1
- adjective hungry Informal. aggressively ambitious or competitive, as from a need to overcome poverty or past defeats: a hungry investment firm looking for wealthy clients. 1
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Origin of hungry
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English, Old English hungrig. See hunger, -y1
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Parts of speech for Hungry
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hungry popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hungry usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hungry
adj hungry
- eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- greedy — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- avid — You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
Antonyms for hungry
adj hungry
- replete — abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- stuffed — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- unenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- full — completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity: a full cup.
adjective hungry
- content — The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
- nonchalant — coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.
Top questions with hungry
- why am i always hungry?
- why am i so hungry?
- why am i hungry all the time?
- why does weed make you hungry?
- how to not be hungry?
- you re not you when you re hungry?
- why am i not hungry?
- when i was hungry you fed me?
- what am i hungry for?
- im hungry what should i eat?
- why do i feel hungry after i eat?
- why am i never hungry?
- why am i always hungry even after eating?
- why does prednisone make you hungry?
- why do i still feel hungry after eating?
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