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Another word for hunger

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hunger

n.

craving, longing, yearning, mania, ravenousness, voracity, lust, desire for food, famine, starvation, appetite, gluttony, hungriness, panting, drought, appetition, glut, appetence, want, polydipsia, appetency, vacancy, void, greed, greediness, bottomless pit*, peckishness*, the munchies*, a stomach for*, sweet tooth*, aching void*; see also appetite 1, desire 1, starvation.

Antonyms satisfaction*, satiety, glut.

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Another word for hunger

noun

A desire for food or drink:
appetite, stomach, taste, thirst. See desire
A strong wanting of what promises enjoyment or pleasure:
appetence, appetency, appetite, craving, desire, itch, longing, lust, thirst, wish, yearning, yen. See desire

verb

To have a greedy, obsessive desire:

crave, itch, lust, thirst. See desire

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He grew weak from hunger and thirst.
Her hunger and thirst satisfied, she was getting sleepy again.
The hunger in his eyes increased her pulse.
Ten days earlier, namely on the 4th of June, Massna had been compelled by hunger to capitulate at Genoa; but the success at Marengo, followed up by that of Macdonald in north Italy, and Moreat~ at Hohenlinden (December 2, 1800), brought the emperor Francis to sue for peace which was finally concluded -.
You will only hunger for me.

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