hunger
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.
to feel hunger; be hungry.
to have a strong desire.
Rare. to subject to hunger; starve.
Idioms about hunger
from hunger, Slang. deplorably bad; dreadful: The styles in coats this winter are from hunger.: Also strictly from hunger.
Origin of hunger
1Other words for hunger
Other words from hunger
- hun·ger·ing·ly, adverb
- half-hungered, adjective
- pre·hun·ger, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for hunger
/ (ˈhʌŋɡə) /
a feeling of pain, emptiness, or weakness induced by lack of food
an appetite, desire, need, or craving: hunger for a woman
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)
Origin of hunger
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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