Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hungry ghost

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: hun-gry ghost
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.

Example Sentences

"Across Taiwan, households prepared offerings of food, alcohol, candles, flowers, washbowls and towels, in prayer for their ancestors and gods, and to placate the hungry ghosts. The streets filled will smoke as they burned paper money – gold for the gods and silver for the ghosts – in small metal drums."

Inflected Forms

hungry ghosts (plural)

Phrases

ghost money

Frequently Paired Words

ghost money

Synonyms

preta

Questions

What does hungry ghost mean?: A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.

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