Definition of HUNGER

hunger

Plural: hungers

Noun

  • a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
  • strong desire for something (not food or drink)
    • "hunger for affection"
  • A need or compelling desire for food.
  • Any strong desire or need.

Verb

Verb Forms: hungered, hungering, hungers

  • To feel a strong desire or craving for something.
  • feel the need to eat
  • have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
  • be hungry; go without food
  • To be in need of food.
  • To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
  • To make hungry; to famish.

Examples

  • I have a hunger to win.
  • I hungered for your love.
  • She would hunger for a triple word score when her opponent pulled ahead.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”).
Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).

Antonyms

be full, satiation, satiety

Scrabble Score: 10

hunger: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hunger: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hunger: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hunger: valid Words With Friends Word