hungry

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ Rhymes: -ʌŋɡɹi Homophone: Hungary (in some accents) Hyphenation: hun‧gry === Adjective === hungry (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest) Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. Synonyms: famished, peckish, starving Causing hunger. (figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === thirsty I am hungry == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hongry, hungery, hungri, hungrie, hungrye, hungury houngrie, hungrig (Early Middle English); hunnꟑriȝ (Ormulum) hungre, hungorie (Late Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English hungriġ, from Proto-Germanic *hungragaz; equivalent to hunger +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhunɡriː/, [ˈhuŋɡriː] === Adjective === hungry Hungry or starving; needing food: Malnourished: shriveled from or like from hunger. Voracious, ravenous; wanting to eat. (rare, religion) Spiritually desirous. (rare, of soil) Unproductive, barren. ==== Derived terms ==== hungryly ==== Descendants ==== English: hungry Scots: hungry Yola: hungree ==== References ==== “hungrī(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Noun === hungry Those who are hungry or impoverished. ==== References ==== “hungrī(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 September 2018.