hungriness

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noun

1. a physiological need for food;
the consequence of food deprivation
• Syn:
hunger
• Derivationally related forms:
hungry, hungry (for: hunger), hunger (for: hunger)
• Hypernyms:
drive
• Hyponyms:
bulimia, emptiness, edacity, esurience, ravenousness,
voracity, voraciousness, starvation, famishment, undernourishment, malnourishment
2. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
• Syn:
longing, yearning
• Derivationally related forms:
hungry, yearn (for: yearning), long (for: longing)
• Hypernyms:
desire
• Hyponyms:
hankering, yen, pining, wishfulness, wistfulness,
nostalgia, discontentment, discontent, discontentedness
3. strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- a thirst for knowledge
- hunger for affection
• Syn:
hunger, thirst, thirstiness
• Derivationally related forms:
thirsty (for: thirstiness), thirsty (for: thirst), thirst (for: thirst), hungry (for: hunger), hunger (for: hunger)
• Hypernyms:
desire