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hunger

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋgə/

Definition of hunger

[mass noun]

a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat:she was faint with hunger
a severe lack of food:they died from cold and hunger
a strong desire or craving:her hunger for knowledge

[no object]

1 (hunger after/for) have a strong desire or craving for:he hungered for a sense of self-worth

2 archaic feel or suffer hunger: when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterwards hungered

Origin:

Old English hungor (noun), hyngran (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch honger and German Hunger

Definition of hunger in the US English dictionary

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