hungriness

noun

1. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

• Syn: ↑hunger

• Derivationally related forms: ↑hungry, ↑hungry (for: ↑hunger), ↑hunger (for: ↑hunger)

• Hypernyms: ↑drive

• Hyponyms:

↑bulimia, ↑emptiness, ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness, ↑starvation, ↑famishment, ↑undernourishment, ↑malnourishment

2. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

• Syn: ↑longing, ↑yearning

• Derivationally related forms: ↑hungry, ↑yearn (for: ↑yearning), ↑long (for: ↑longing)

• Hypernyms: ↑desire

• Hyponyms:

↑hankering, ↑yen, ↑pining, ↑wishfulness, ↑wistfulness, ↑nostalgia, ↑discontentment, ↑discontent, ↑discontentedness

3. strong desire for something (not food or drink)

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a thirst for knowledge

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hunger for affection

• Syn: ↑hunger, ↑thirst, ↑thirstiness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑thirsty (for: ↑thirstiness), ↑thirsty (for: ↑thirst), ↑thirst (for: ↑thirst), ↑hungry (for: ↑hunger), ↑hunger (for: ↑hunger)

• Hypernyms: ↑desire