hungry

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ UK /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #971

Meanings

1

adj
Wanting or needing to eat.

I'm really hungry; let's get some lunch.
2

adj
Having a strong desire for something.

The young players were hungry for success.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · wanting or needing to eat. famishedstarving peckish

2 adj · having a strong desire for... eager athirst

More gauntedhungerful

Opposites

full gorgednonhungrysated satiated stuffedunhungry

Word family

Forms hungrierhungriesthungrily

Derived forms ahungryanhungrybloodhungrycumhungrydrungryhangryhorngryhungrieshungrifyhungrilyhungrinesshungrisome

Related forms craving greedymoney-hungryscarf thirsty wolf

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Phrases (1)

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hungry people
People who need or want food.

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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A hungry stomach has no ears

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”).

*kenk- Proto-Indo-European hungry Middle English hungriġ Old English *hungrug Proto-West Germanic *hungrugaz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# hungry

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 971

## Meanings
1. Wanting or needing to eat.
2. Having a strong desire for something.

## Examples
- I'm really hungry; let's get some lunch.
- The young players were hungry for success.

## Synonyms
- gaunted
- hungerful

## Antonyms
- full
- gorged
- nonhungry
- sated
- satiated
- stuffed
- unhungry

## Derived Forms
- ahungry
- anhungry
- bloodhungry
- cumhungry
- drungry
- hangry
- horngry
- hungries
- hungrify
- hungrily
- hungriness
- hungrisome

## Related Forms
- craving
- greedy
- money-hungry
- scarf
- thirsty
- wolf

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kenk-
- Root: hungry
- Root: hungriġ
- Root: *hungrug
- Root: *hungrugaz

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Hungry comes 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”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *kenk- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “Wanting or needing to eat” and “Having a strong desire for something”.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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