Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A strong desire or need for food.
- n. The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
- n. A strong desire or craving: a hunger for affection.
- v. To have a need or desire for food.
- v. To have a strong desire or craving.
- v. To cause to experience hunger; make hungry.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An uneasy or painful sensation occasioned by the want of food; craving appetite.
- n. Hence Any strong or eager desire.
- n. A famine.
- To feel the uneasiness or longing which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; crave food.
- Hence To have an eager desire; long.
- To starve.
Wiktionary
- n. A need or compelling desire of food.
- n. by extension Any strong desire.
- v. To be in need of food.
- v. figuratively To have a desire for.
- v. archaic To make hungry; to famish.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
- n. Any strong eager desire.
- v. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
- v. To have an eager desire; to long.
- v. To make hungry; to famish.
WordNet 3.0
- n. strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- v. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- v. be hungry; go without food
- n. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
- v. feel the need to eat
Etymologies
- From Old English hungor. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English hungor. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“That not being satifactory, they just eliminated the the term hunger from their reports and replaced it with low food security.”
Think Progress » Conservatives feel ‘melancholy’ after Rumsfeld firing.
“This hunger is the reason for www. publishmydamnbook.com!”
“Often, this hunger is at odds with the best food choices.”
“That change brings about sensory disturbances in our body which are not unpleasant in moderation, which we call hunger, thirst and fatigue.”
“In all likelihood, the number of hungry is less than a one billion, depending on your definition of hunger, which is not to be confused with malnutrition you can be malnourished and not hungry since hunger is technically a measure of caloric intake.”
“Dr. Mary Flynn, a nutritionist at Brown University, says the rate of obesity is higher in the low-income population because of what she calls the hunger/obesity paradox.”
“I'm sweating like crazy and my tummy is screaming at me (what I call hunger pangs), I think it”
“Now, that "hunger" is clearer to our eyes, because of this "connection" worldwide - the net.”
“I think we are misguided in our search for happiness, and the real hunger is for a sense of well-being.”
The Huffington Post: Dan Gottlieb, Ph.D.: Are We Hung Up on Happiness?
“CS: I tend to think that living in the United States, hunger is more invisible.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hunger’.
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Tweets
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Louises The hunger in its vicious simplicity, teaches you how to be a werewolf. Apr 1, 2012
Louises It was a relief, the hunger, its refusal to negotiate, something solid to hold onto in the uncertainty. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
Mar 28, 2012
brobbins lack of knowledge Jul 24, 2009