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hungy

/ˈhʌŋ.ɡi/

hungy is the deliberate misspelling of hungry.

Meaning of hungry

Adjective

hungry (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)

  1. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
    • My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.
  2. Causing hunger.
    • All this gardening is hungry work.
  3. (figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
    • young and hungry
  4. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
    • a hungry soil

Forms of hungy

comparativehungier
superlativehungiest

Questions about hungy

What is hungy the deliberate misspelling of?
Hungy is the deliberate misspelling of hungry.
How do you pronounce hungy?
Hungy is pronounced /ˈhʌŋ.ɡi/.

Words near hungy in the dictionary

  1. Hungryalist
  2. Hungryalists
  3. Hungs
  4. Hungtse
  5. hungweiping
  6. hungy
  7. hunh
  8. huniak
  9. huniaks
  10. Hunigoderehaa
  11. Huningue

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