hungry

Meaning of hungry

adjective

Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money.
Causing hunger
Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
a hungry soil

Information about hungry

It is an adjective.
Languages in which hungry is used:
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- English

Hyphenation of hungry

hun-gry

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
hungry is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

hungry synonyms

Meaning athirst:

athirst, thirsty

Meaning :

famished, peckish, starving

Translation of hungry

German: hungrig
Spanish: hambriento
French: affamé
Italian: affamato
Portuguese: esfomeado, faminto

Words that rhyme with hungry

angry, overangry, unangry, ahungry, anhungry

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