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Showing words for HUNGERING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Hungering

hungering

7 Letter Words for Hungering

gerning, grueing, gungier, gurning, unhinge

6 Letter Words for Hungering

enring, enruin, erning, ginger, ginner, greing, gruine, gruing, grunge, guigne, gunner, hinger, hinner, hugger, hunger, hunner, ingenu, ingnue, inguen, neurin, nigger, niggun, nigher, rehung, rueing, rugine, unnigh, unrein, unring, urging, urning

5 Letter Words for Hungering

ehing, engin, ennui, ering, genin, gighe, gigue, giher, grein, guige, gunge, gunne, gurge, hinge, hiren, huger, inger, inner, inrun, inure, inurn, nehru, neigh, nguni, niger, niner, regin, reign, renig, renin, rhein, rhine, ringe, ruing, unrig, urine

4 Letter Words for Hungering

eigh, engr, erin, eugh, gein, geir, genu, gheg, gien, ging, ginn, gire, girn, gneu, gren, grig, grin, grue, grun, guhr, gung, gurn, heir, heng, hern, hine, hing, hire, huer, huge, hung, inne, iure, nein, nigh, nine, nung, rein, renn, rgen, rigg, rine, ring, ruen, ruin, rune, rung, unie, urge

3 Letter Words for Hungering

egg, eir, eng, erg, ern, gen, ger, ggr, gie, gig, gin, gnu, gue, gui, gun, gur, hei, hen, her, hie, hin, hir, hue, hug, hui, hun, igg, ign, ing, inn, ire, neg, nei, nie, nig, nne, nun, nur, reg, reh, rei, rhe, rie, rig, rin, rue, rug, run, ugh, ung, unh, uni, unn, ure, urn

Definitions for Hungering

[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 Hungering

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

Words nearby Hungering

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

Origin of Hungering

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

Other words from Hungering

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

Word origin for Hungering

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

Synonyms for Hungering

could eat a horse, craving, dehydrated, drawn, dying, emaciated, empty, faint, famished, haggard, hungry, malnourished, peaked, peckish, perishing, pinched, ravenous, skinny, thin, underfed, undernourished, weakened