hungriest
- 1Superlative of hungry.
By the end of the fast, he felt hungriest just before dawn.
She was the hungriest person at the table and finished her plate first.
Note
The regular suffixed superlative of a two-syllable adjective ending in -y: the y turns to i before -est, as in happiest or angriest. Most hungry is the rarer, more deliberate choice. The form carries every meaning of hungry, not only the stomach's. The hungriest young players are the most eager, and the hungriest soil is the poorest and most barren.
Of all the rookies, she was the hungriest for a starting place.
Nothing would grow on the hungriest patch of the hillside.
hungriest is a form of hungry
hungry, adjective: Feeling the physical need for food that comes from not having eaten enough. Full entry
- Spelling
- hungry → hungriest: change y to i, add -est
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