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noun
The characteristic of being hungry; hunger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hunger, thirst, thirstiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desire
noun
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: longing, yearning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desire
Narrower terms: hankering, yen, pining, wishfulness, wistfulness, nostalgia, discontentment, discontent, discontentedness
noun
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hunger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drive
Narrower terms: bulimia, emptiness, edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness, starvation, famishment, undernourishment, malnourishment
History
Etymology tree English hungry Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English hungriness From hungry + -ness.
