warhungry

adj

"warhungry" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“warhungry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Advocating war.

Corpus desk

Index EN-warhungry · warhungry · English

warhungry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for warhungry
PropertyValue
Headwordwarhungry
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “warhungry” in English

warhungryranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

warhungry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Advocating war.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for warhungry, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From war + hungry. The correct English form is warhungry, spelled W-A-R-H-U-N-G-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Advocating war.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how warhungry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. UK?!? Those tights-wearing slops? Never! The blood of warhungry vikings flows in my blood! I'm Danish!!!!! And you?
  2. The thing that surprised me most about the figures were: 1. How warhungry India and Israel are. While on average, about 20% of the worlds population think the USA ought to attack a country found responsible, it rises to 54% in the USA (as one might expect), but its^([sic]) a massive 72% and 77% in India and Israel!

Etymology

From war + hungry.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "warhungry"?
"warhungry" is spelled W-A-R-H-U-N-G-R-Y.
What does "warhungry" mean?
As an adjective, "warhungry" means: Advocating war.
What is the origin of the word "warhungry"?
From war + hungry. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list