hungry
pronunciation
How to pronounce hungry in British English:
UK [ˈhʌŋɡri]
How to pronounce hungry in American English:
US [ˈhʌŋɡri]
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- Adjective:
- feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
Word Origin
- hungry
- Old English hungrig "hungry, famished;" see hunger + -y (2). Compare Old Frisian hungerig, Dutch hongerig, German hungrig. Figurative use from c. 1200. Related: Hungrily.
Antonym
Example
- 1. No wonder you are tired and hungry .
- 2. Hungry individuals are often bad tempered and aggressive .
- 3. The scent of cabbages , by contrast , is as attractive as the odour of roasting chicken is to a hungry human .
- 4. Thank you , steve , for showing us what can happen when you stay hungry .
- 5. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty about abandoning a hungry man I could have helped .