hungrify

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verb

To make hungry.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verbhungrify (third-person singular simple present hungrifies, present participle hungrifying, simple past and past participle hungrified)

present singular third person hungrifies · participle present hungrifying · participle past hungrified · past hungrified

  1. informaltransitiveTo make hungry.

    There is no difference between the appetizing or hungrifying effect of dietary stimuli and the appetizing or hungrifying effect of internal signals, […]

    2016, David Booth, The Psychology of Nutrition, page 61

Origin

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Chicago

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