hungered

English

Verb

hungered

  1. simple past and past participle of hunger

Adjective

hungered (comparative more hungered, superlative most hungered)

  1. (obsolete) hungry; in need of food.
    • 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 17, lines 308–310:
      [...] nor hunger felt / Till thoſe days ended, hunger'd then at lasſt / Among wild Beaſts […]
    • 1865, Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, page 2:
      [Our recruits] have much oftener an hungered and shabby appearance than a gaunty or reckless aspect. Many of them have no strong ties of affection or bright hopes in life.

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