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How to pronounce hungry in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms athirst, thirsty
Derivation hunger, hungriness


hungry for recognition.
Type Words
Derivation hunger, hungriness


a world full of hungry people.

Examples of hungry

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All I know is I got a tough, young hungry champion who's trying to take me down.
From the usatoday.com
A hungry shrike will go after almost anything up to its own size or even larger.
From the dispatch.com
Hyundai is hungry to double North American sales, to 1 million vehicles by 2010.
From the businessweek.com
There's an emerging holy grail for the data hungry among us in B-to-B marketing.
From the forbes.com
For people over-stuffed with money it's pocket money thrown to the hungry bears.
From the forbes.com
You're hungry to learn something new, plus you want more adventure in your life.
From the suntimes.com
I don't mean the latest fad to tickle the fancy of the novelty-hungry fooderati.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You are a nation with hundreds of millions of desperately hungry mouths to feed.
From the independent.co.uk
The babysitters even allowed the other mums'calves to nurse if they were hungry.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"
  • Athirst(p): (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"
  • (hunger) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
  • (hunger) crave: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
  • (hunger) strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"
  • (hunger) starve: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
  • Hungry is the debut album by German metal band Brainstorm, released in 1997.
  • "Hungry" is a song by Dave Navarro and the second track on his 2001 solo album Trust No One. It was released as Navarro's second solo single and the second from this album.
  • "Hungry" is a 1966 hit single by Paul Revere & the Raiders. Recorded on the Columbia label, the song reached #6 on the Top 40 music charts. It also made Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits.