Meanings
hungries1
nounhungries pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyslangHunger or cravings for food.
You have just been attacked by the hungries!
1990, Mary Joan Oexmann, The Heart Factor Food Plan1 more example
"At my age, I'm lucky to get the hungries at all," he answered
1993, Henry St. Clair Whitehead, Robert Ervin Howard, To sleep, perchance to dream ... nightmare: thirty terrifying tales
Hungries2
nounHungries pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyThe poets of the Hungry generation.
Origin
A fanciful plural of hungry
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APA
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“hungries.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hungries. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hungries,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hungries.
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