How do you pronounce hungry?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/.

Where does hungry come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

hungry

/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: hun-gry
IPA: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/

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Meaning

adj

Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.

adj

Causing hunger.

adj

Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.

adj

Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

Example Sentences

"My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food."
"He was so hungry he could eat two burgers."
"I woke up very hungry and made some toast."
"All this gardening is hungry work."
"young and hungry"
"the students are hungry to learn"

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *kenk-, hungry, hungriġ, *hungrug, *hungrugaz
Suffix: hunger

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
British English: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/

Inflected Forms

hungrier (comparative) hungriest (superlative)

Derived Forms

ahungry anhungry bloodhungry cumhungry drungry hangry horngry hungries hungrify hungrily hungriness hungrisome

Phrases

a hungry man is an angry man go hungry hungry as a hog hungry gap hungry ghost Hungry Ghost Festival hungry like the wolf hungry rice

Frequently Paired Words

thirsty I am hungry money-hungry power-hungry cumhungry craving greedy

Synonyms

famished peckish starving anhungry ahungry gaunted hungerful hungree hungry eat like a horse eat like a pig go hungry

Homonyms

Hungary (in some accents)

Antonyms

full gorged nonhungry unhungry sated satiated stuffed

Rhymes With

drungry