hunger
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hunger/ˈhʌŋɡə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.
- 2 a strong desire: her hunger for knowledge.
- 1 (hunger after/for) have a strong desire for.
- 2 archaic feel or suffer hunger.
– origin OE hungor (n.), hyngran (v.), of Gmc origin.
'hunger' also found in these Oxford entries:
allay
- bulimia
- famine
- famish
- gaunt
- hunger march
- hunger strike
- hungry
- hypothalamus
- starve
- stay
- wolf
