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   Hun·gry

   /ˈhəNGɡrē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or displaying the need for food: "I was feeling ravenously hungry"
   • ▪ causing hunger: "I always find art galleries hungry work"
   • ▪ having a strong desire or craving: "he was hungry for any kind of excitement"

   Word Origin Old Englishhungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hungriness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • H

     4

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

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