hungry

Meanings

Adjective

feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- "a world full of hungry people"

Adjective Satellite

(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
- "hungry for recognition"

Adj

Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Causing hunger.
Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

athirst, famished, gaunted, hungerful, hungry, peckish, starving, thirsty

Antonyms

full, gorged, nonhungry, sated, satiated, stuffed, thirsty, unhungry

Scrabble Score: 13

hungry is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hungry is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hungry is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

hungry is a valid Words With Friends word