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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.
Synonyms: , , ,
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
/ ˈʌŋɡə /
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
- ܲ··Բ· adverb
- -ܲ· adjective
- ·ܲ· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunger1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunger1
Idioms and Phrases
- from hunger, Slang. deplorably bad; dreadful: Also strictly from hunger.
The styles in coats this winter are from hunger.
Example Sentences
A deliberate and systematic Israeli effort — with Western acceptance — to make hunger a form of control.
Though Lamb said he is not currently running for office, he felt a hunger within the Democratic base.
The hunger strikers say they were inspired by students at Chapman University in Orange, who launched a similar campaign in April.
"The hunger and desire never goes away, I'm still trying but you can lose your way in life and sport," said Murphy.
Many Haitians have been crossing the shared border with the Dominican Republic to escape escalating violence and hunger, sometimes in several truckloads per day.
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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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