Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 16 compound words that contain hungry. The most common are listed below. Open hungry in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- I'm hungryI have a strong appetite to eat.
- power-hungryHaving a strong desire for power.
- hungry ghostA type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.
- stay hungryTo maintain a strong motivation to achieve or compete; to avoid complacency.
- hungry gapThe interval in early spring (approximately from March to May in the Northern Hemisphere) during which the remaining stores of the previous year’s winter vegetables are depleted, yet the forthcoming season’s summer crops have not yet …
- hungry riceThe cereal Digitaria exilis or white fonio.
- Hungry Ghost FestivalSynonym of Ghost Festival: A traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.
- go hungryTo miss a meal.
- Hungry FortiesAn economic depression in Britain in the 1840s, caused by potato blight.
- money-hungryGreedy and avaricious; greatly desiring money and seeking to obtain it using any means.
- hungry ghostsplural of hungry ghost: A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.
- hungry like the wolfravenously hungry
- Hungry ThirtiesThe 1930s, regarded as a period of poverty in Britain.
- goes hungrythird-person singular simple present indicative of go hungry: To miss a meal.
- going hungrypresent participle and gerund of go hungry
- gone hungrypast participle of go hungry: To miss a meal.
- went hungrysimple past of go hungry
- hungry gapsplural of hungry gap: The interval in early spring (approximately from March to May in the Northern Hemisphere) during which the remaining stores of the previous year’s winter vegetables are depleted, yet the forthcoming season’s summer …
- hungry as a hogVery hungry
- a hungry man is an angry manOne who is deprived of a basic need is easily angered.
Compound words 16
- hungrilyIn a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
- hangryHungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- warhungryAdvocating war.
- unhungrilyNot hungrily; without hunger.
- bloodhungryEager to kill or shed blood.
- superhungryVery hungry.
- thungryA combination of thirsty and hungry.
- unhungryNot hungry.
- hungrisomeHaving a keen appetite, hungry.
- horngryPronunciation spelling of hungry.