hunger Synonyms

hunger Meaning

Wordnet

hunger (n)

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

strong desire for something (not food or drink)

Wordnet

hunger (v)

feel the need to eat

have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

be hungry; go without food

Webster

hunger (n.)

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

Any strong eager desire.

To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.

To have an eager desire; to long.

Webster

hunger (v. t.)

To make hungry; to famish.

hunger Sentence Examples

  1. The hunger pangs kept gnawing at his stomach, driving him to search for sustenance.
  2. In the desolate wasteland, hunger stalked the survivors, threatening their existence.
  3. The child's hunger could not be ignored, its cries piercing the silence.
  4. Poverty and inequality had created a hunger that extended beyond mere food.
  5. The hunger for knowledge consumed her, leading her to delve into countless books.
  6. The ravenous hunger of the beast made it a formidable predator.
  7. Hunger had taken its toll on her body, leaving her frail and emaciated.
  8. The hunger for power drove him to commit unspeakable acts.
  9. The hunger for a better life compelled them to leave their homeland and seek refuge in a strange land.
  10. The hunger for justice burned within the hearts of the oppressed.

FAQs About the word hunger

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation, strong desire for something (not food or drink), feel the need to eat, have a craving, appet

stomach, craving, starvation,appetite, malnutrition,munchies, emptiness, belly, ravenousness, voracity

fullness, inappetence,satisfaction, glut, satiety, satiation, surfeit, satiety, fill, surfeit

The hunger pangs kept gnawing at his stomach, driving him to search for sustenance.

In the desolate wasteland, hunger stalked the survivors, threatening their existence.

The child's hunger could not be ignored, its cries piercing the silence.

Poverty and inequality had created a hunger that extended beyond mere food.