hungry

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
  2. adjective (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

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”).

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Semantic network

Similar
peckish, empty, famished, supperless
Opposite (antonyms)
thirsty

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