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- pronunciation:
- huhng
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noun |
| definition 1: |
When you feel hunger, you want or feel the need for food.
After skipping lunch, Dan felt hunger in the afternoon.- similar words:
- appetite, desire, need, stomach
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| definition 2: |
When people suffer from hunger, it means that they are not getting enough food to eat and their bodies lose their strength and health. Some people even die from hunger if they suffer for too long.
Many people donated food and money to help the people who were suffering from hunger. |
| definition 3: |
When you have a hunger for something, you want it very much.
My grandfather says that my mom always had a hunger for knowledge. That's why she liked reading the encyclopedia.- synonyms:
- appetite, desire, thirst
- similar words:
- longing, passion, taste, urge
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| related words: |
famine, wish |
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| derivation: |
hungeringly (adv.) |
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