hungry

hungry is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2. superlative. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
3. superlative. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
4. adjective. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

   "athirst for knowledge"

   "hungry for recognition"

   Synonyms: athirst, thirsty

5. adjective. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

   "a world full of hungry people"

Synonyms

athirst, thirsty

Common word forms

hungrier, hungrily, hungriest

Words from these letters

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