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   Hun·ger

   /ˈhəNGɡər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat: "she was faint with hunger" Similar lack of foodneed for foodhungrinessravenousnessemptinessstarvationfaminemalnutritionmalnourishmentundernourishmentrare:famishmentinanition
   • ▪ a severe lack of food: "they died from cold and hunger"
   • ▪ a strong desire or craving: "her hunger for knowledge" Similar desirecravinglongingyearningpininghankeringthirstappetitelustachewantneedinformal:itchyenrare:appetenceappetencyOpposite aversion

   verb

   • 1. have a strong desire or craving for: "all actors hunger for such a role"
   • 2. feel or suffer hunger through lack of food: archaic "when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterwards hungered"

   Word Origin Old Englishhungor (noun), hyngran (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch honger and German Hunger.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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