| NOUN | state | hunger, hungriness | a physiological need for food |
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| attribute | hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness | strong desire for something (not food or drink) | |
| VERB | perception | hunger | feel the need to eat |
| consumption | hunger, crave, thirst, starve, lust | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | |
| consumption | hunger, starve, famish | be hungry |
| Sounds | hhah'ngger | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | agar ... younger: 63 rhymes with ger... | |
| Meaning | A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation. | |
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| Synonym | hungriness | |
| Narrower | bulimia | pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) |
| edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness | excessive desire to eat | |
| emptiness | Having an empty stomach | |
| starvation, famishment | A state of extreme / extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | |
| undernourishment, malnourishment | not having enough food to develop or function normally | |
| Broader | drive | A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire |
| Spanish | hambre | |
| Catalan | fam, gana | |
| Adjectives | hungry | feeling hunger |
| Verbs | hunger | be hungry |
| hunger | feel the need to eat | |
| Meaning | Strong desire for something (not food or drink). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "hunger for affection" | |
| Synonyms | hungriness, thirst, thirstiness | |
| Broader | desire | An inclination to want things |
| Spanish | ansia, hambre, sed | |
| Catalan | fam, gana, set | |
| Adjectives | hungry | (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous |
| Verbs | hunger | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for |
| Meaning | Feel the need to eat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | ache, smart, hurt | Be the source of pain |
| Spanish | tener hambre | |
| Nouns | hunger | a physiological need for food |
| Meaning | Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | crave, thirst, starve, lust | |
| Broader | desire, want | Feel or have a desire for |
| Spanish | ambicionar, anhelar, ansiar, desear | |
| Catalan | ambicionar, anhelar, ansiar, cobejar, delejar, sospirar per | |
| Nouns | hunger | strong desire for something (not food or drink) |
| Meaning | Be hungry; go without food. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | starve, famish | |
| Caused by | starve, famish | deprive of food |
| Broader | suffer, hurt | Feel pain or be in pain |
| Opposite | be full | Be sated, have enough to eat |
| Nouns | hunger | a physiological need for food |
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