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hungersome

hungersome adjective: characterised or marked by hunger.

Adjective

hungersome (comparative more hungersome, superlative most hungersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by hunger
    • “Well, We no got anything else O' that sort,” he said, “but I did just take the bun from the kitchen, because I knew Pinkie would get hungersome.”2013, Amanda Scott, Highland Treasure

Forms of hungersome

comparativemore hungersome
superlativemost hungersome

Origin of hungersome

From hunger + -some.

Questions about hungersome

What does hungersome mean?
Hungersome means characterised or marked by hunger.
What part of speech is hungersome?
Hungersome is an adjective.

Words near hungersome in the dictionary

  1. hungerlessness
  2. hungerly
  3. hungerpain
  4. hungerpains
  5. hungers
  6. hungersome
  7. hungerweed
  8. hungest
  9. Hunghutze
  10. Hunglish
  11. Hungnam

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