| NOUN | state | hungriness, hunger | a physiological need for food |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | hunger, thirst, thirstiness | |
| Broader | desire | An inclination to want things |
| Spanish | ansia, hambre, sed | |
| Catalan | fam, gana, set | |
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