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noun
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.
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Hungered
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verb (used with object)
Idiom7.
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.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hungor; cognate with German Hunger
before 900; Middle English; Old English hungor; cognate with German Hunger
Related forms
hun·ger·ing·ly, adverb
half-hun·gered, adjective
pre·hun·ger, noun
Synonyms
4. appetite, greed, lust, itch.
4. appetite, greed, lust, itch.
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Word Origin & History
hunger
O.E. hungor "unease or pain caused by lack of food, craving appetite, debility from lack of food," from P.Gmc. *khungrus (cf. O.H.G. hungar, O.N. hungr, Ger. hunger, Du. honger, Goth. huhrus), probably from PIE base *kenk- "to burn, be dry, pain." Hungry is O.E. hungrig.
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Medical Dictionary
hunger hun·ger (hŭng'gər)
n.
A strong desire or need for food.
The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
A strong desire or craving, as for affection.
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