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Definitions for Hunger

[1] a compelling need or desire for food.
[2] the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger.
[3] a shortage of food; famine.
[4] a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power.
[5] to feel hunger; be hungry.
[6] to have a strong desire.
[7] Rare . to subject to hunger; starve.
[8] from hunger , Slang . deplorably bad; dreadful: The styles in coats this winter are from hunger. Also strictly from hunger.
[9] a feeling of pain, emptiness, or weakness induced by lack of food
[10] an appetite, desire, need, or craving hunger for a woman
[11] to have or cause to have a need or craving for food
[12] (intr; usually foll by for or after) to have a great appetite or desire (for)

Words related to Hunger

desire, lust, longing, famine, yearning, starvation, craving, greed, yen, void, voracity, appetency, vacancy, appetence, mania, want, ache, emptiness, greediness, esurience

Words nearby Hunger

hung., hungarian, hungarian bromegrass, hungarian goulash, hungary, hunger, hunger contractions, hunger march, hunger pain, hunger strike, hunger-strike

Origin of Hunger

before 900; Middle English; Old English hungor; cognate with German Hunger

Other words from Hunger

hun·ger·ing·ly , adverb
half-hun·gered , adjective
pre·hun·ger , noun

Word origin for Hunger

Old English hungor; related to Old High German hungar, Old Norse hungr, Gothic hūhrus

Synonyms for Hunger

craving, desire, famine, greed, longing, lust, starvation, yearning, ache, appetence, appetency, emptiness, esurience, famishment, gluttony, greediness, hungriness, mania, ravenousness, vacancy, void, voracity, want, yen, a stomach for, appetition, big eyes, bottomless pit, eyes for, munchies, sweet tooth