Hungry Definition
hŭnggrē
hungrier, hungriest
adjective
hungrier, hungriest
Experiencing a desire or need for food.
American Heritage Medicine
Producing hunger.
Webster's New World
Extremely desirous; avid.
Hungry for recognition.
American Heritage
Feeling, having, or showing hunger.
Webster's New World
Not fertile; barren.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Hungry
Adjective
Base Form:
hungry
Comparative:
hungrier
Superlative:
hungriestOrigin of Hungry
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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”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English hungri from Old English hungrig from hungor hunger
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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