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English noun: hungriness | |||
| 1. | hungriness (state) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | ||
| Synonyms | hunger | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bulimia, edacity, emptiness, esurience, famishment, malnourishment, ravenousness, starvation, undernourishment, voraciousness, voracity | ||
| 2. | hungriness (feeling) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | ||
| Synonyms | longing, yearning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desire | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, hankering, nostalgia, pining, wishfulness, wistfulness, yen | ||
| 3. | hungriness (attribute) strong desire for something (not food or drink) | ||
| Samples | A thirst for knowledge. Hunger for affection. | ||
| Synonyms | hunger, thirst, thirstiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desire | ||
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