NOUN | state | hungriness, hunger | a physiological need for food |
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feeling | hungriness, longing, yearning | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | |
attribute | hungriness, hunger, thirst, thirstiness | strong desire for something (not food or drink) |
Meaning | A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation. | |
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Synonym | hunger | |
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 |
Meaning | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. | |
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Synonyms | longing, yearning | |
Narrower | discontentment, discontent, discontentedness | A longing for something better than the present situation |
hankering, yen | A yearning for something or to do something | |
nostalgia | longing for something past | |
pining | A feeling of deep longing | |
wishfulness | An unrealistic yearning | |
wistfulness | A sadly pensive longing | |
Broader | desire | The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
Spanish | acucia, anhelación, anhelo, añoranza, hambre, pujo, regosto, sed, suspiro | |
Catalan | anhel, deler, desig, sospir | |
Adjectives | hungry | (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous |
Meaning | Strong desire for something (not food or drink). | |
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Synonyms | hunger, thirst, thirstiness | |
Broader | desire | An inclination to want things |
Spanish | ansia, hambre, sed | |
Catalan | fam, gana, set |
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