different between hungry vs grasping
hungry
English
Etymology
From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungri?, hungre?, hyngri?, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger +? -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h??.??i/
- Homophone: Hungary (in some accents)
Adjective
hungry (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)
- Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food; such as a person's stomach rumbling, growling or grumbling.
- Causing hunger
- All this gardening is hungry work.
- (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.
- 1850, Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, London: Chapman & Hall, Volume 2, Chapter 5, p. 56,[1]
- They rowed her in across the rolling foam,
- The cruel, crawling foam,
- The cruel, hungry foam,
- To her grave beside the sea:
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2,[2]
- Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
- 1850, Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, London: Chapman & Hall, Volume 2, Chapter 5, p. 56,[1]
- Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene 3,[3]
- […] What is this?
- Your knees to me? to your corrected son?
- Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
- Fillip the stars […]
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene 3,[3]
Synonyms
- (affected by hunger, desiring food): famished, peckish, starving
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- thirsty
- I am hungry
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) hungrig, hunngri?, houngrie
- hungrie, hungri, hungre, hungery, hongry, hungury, hungorie, hungrye
Etymology
From Old English hungri?, from Proto-Germanic *hungragaz; equivalent to hunger +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hun?ri?/, [?hu??ri?]
Adjective
hungry
- Hungry or starving; afflicted by hunger or starvation.
- Voracious; having a great desire or compulsion to eat.
- Haggard, scrawny; shriveled due to hunger or starvation.
- (rare) Due to hunger; because of one's appetite.
- (rare) Desirous; wanting something to a great degree.
- (rare) Causing or producing hunger.
- (rare) Of earth; not productive.
Descendants
- English: hungry
- Scots: hungry
- Yola: hungree
References
- “hungr?(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-19.
Noun
hungry
- Those who are hungry, starving, or of little means.
References
- “hungr?(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-19.
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grasping
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???æsp??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????sp??/
- Hyphenation: grasp?ing
Adjective
grasping (comparative more grasping, superlative most grasping)
- Greedy, eager for wealth.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:greedy
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
grasping
- Present participle and gerund of grasp.
Noun
grasping (plural graspings)
- The act of one who grasps or covets.
Anagrams
- pargings, sparging, spriggan
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