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hunger
[huhng-ger]
noun
a compelling need or desire for food.
the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food.
to collapse from hunger.
a shortage of food; famine.
a strong or compelling desire or craving.
hunger for power.
verb (used without object)
to feel hunger; be hungry.
to have a strong desire.
verb (used with object)
Rare., to subject to hunger; starve.
hunger
/ ˈhʌŋɡə /
noun
a feeling of pain, emptiness, or weakness induced by lack of food
an appetite, desire, need, or craving
hunger for a woman
verb
to have or cause to have a need or craving for food
(intr; usually foll by for or after) to have a great appetite or desire (for)
Other Word Forms
- hungeringly adverb
- half-hungered adjective
- prehunger noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunger1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunger1
Idioms and Phrases
from hunger, deplorably bad; dreadful: Also strictly from hunger.
The styles in coats this winter are from hunger.
Example Sentences
Others projected a next reading presided by an even bigger crowd, feeding the hunger for the literary arts that the center aims to feed.
Many are urging Hamas to accept the deal - they are simply tired of death, displacement and hunger.
More than 40 were confirmed to be on hunger strike on Sunday, according to the GSF.
She lifts Ahmed's shirt to reveal his wounds, his bony back a reminder of the hunger stalking the city.
So, when he could no longer even look after himself, and the hunger was too much to bear, he took a rare chance to leave Gaza.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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