Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hunger
Participle: hungered
Gerund: hungering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hunger |
| you | hunger |
| he;she;it | hungers |
| we | hunger |
| you | hunger |
| they | hunger |
Perfect
| I | have hungered |
| you | have hungered |
| he;she;it | has hungered |
| we | have hungered |
| you | have hungered |
| they | have hungered |
Past
| I | hungered |
| you | hungered |
| he;she;it | hungered |
| we | hungered |
| you | hungered |
| they | hungered |
Pluperfect
| I | had hungered |
| you | had hungered |
| he;she;it | had hungered |
| we | had hungered |
| you | had hungered |
| they | had hungered |
Future
| I | will hunger |
| you | will hunger |
| he;she;it | will hunger |
| we | will hunger |
| you | will hunger |
| they | will hunger |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hungered |
| you | will have hungered |
| he;she;it | will have hungered |
| we | will have hungered |
| you | will have hungered |
| they | will have hungered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hunger |
| you | hunger |
| he;she;it | hunger |
| we | hunger |
| you | hunger |
| they | hunger |
Perfect
| I | have hungered |
| you | have hungered |
| he;she;it | have hungered |
| we | have hungered |
| you | have hungered |
| they | have hungered |
Imperfect
| I | hungered |
| you | hungered |
| he;she;it | hungered |
| we | hungered |
| you | hungered |
| they | hungered |
Pluperfect
| I | had hungered |
| you | had hungered |
| he;she;it | had hungered |
| we | had hungered |
| you | had hungered |
| they | had hungered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hunger |
| you | would hunger |
| he;she;it | would hunger |
| we | would hunger |
| you | would hunger |
| they | would hunger |
Perfect
| I | would have hungered |
| you | would have hungered |
| he;she;it | would have hungered |
| we | would have hungered |
| you | would have hungered |
| they | would have hungered |
Imperative
| you | hunger |
| we | Let's hunger |
| you | hunger |
Verbs conjugated like 'hunger'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hunger'
hugger,
hunker,
anger,
auger,
bugger,
bunker,
chunder,
chunner,
chunter,
danger,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
hungor "unease or pain caused by lack of food, craving appetite, debility from lack of food," from P.Gmc.
*khungrus (cf. O.H.G.
hungar, O.N.
hungr, Ger.
hunger, Du.
honger, Goth.
huhrus), probably from PIE base
*kenk- "to burn, be dry, pain."
Hungry is O.E.
hungrig.
2. From Middle English hungren, from Old English hyngran, hyngrian, ġehyngrian (“to be hungry”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungrijan, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijaną. See: Middle English '
hungren', Old English '
hyngran', Proto-Germanic '
*hungrijaną'.
Verbs referencing "hunger"
Ido hungrar, Cimbrian hungaran, Esperanto
hungri, Sranan
angri, Sanskrit
काङ्क्षति.
Sample Sentences
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“ O, Em ! ” said Cassy, “ I 've hungered for my children, and thirsted for them, and my eyes fail with longing for them ! Here ! here ! ” she said, striking her breast, “ it's all desolate, all empty ! If God would give me back my [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)