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hungrifying

hungrifying is the present participle and gerund of hungrify.

Meaning of hungrify

Verb

hungrify (third-person singular simple present hungrifies, present participle hungrifying, simple past and past participle hungrified)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make hungry.
    • There is no difference between the appetizing or hungrifying effect of dietary stimuli and the appetizing or hungrifying effect of internal signals, […]2016, David Booth, The Psychology of Nutrition, page 61

Questions about hungrifying

What is hungrifying the present participle and gerund of?
Hungrifying is the present participle and gerund of hungrify.

Words near hungrifying in the dictionary

  1. hungries
  2. hungriest
  3. hungrified
  4. hungrifies
  5. hungrify
  6. hungrifying
  7. hungrily
  8. hungriness
  9. hungrisome
  10. hungry
  11. hungry as a hog

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