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Pronunciation : Hun"gry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
Definition : 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. The cruel, hungry foam. C. Kingsley. Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak.
3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. "The hungry beach." Shak.
[Compar. Hungrier; superl. Hungriest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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