hunger
IPA: hˈʌŋgɝ
noun
- A need or compelling desire for food.
- (by extension) Any strong desire.
verb
- (intransitive) To be in need of food.
- (figuratively, intransitive, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
- (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.
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Examples of "hunger" in Sentences
- Satiety is the absence of hunger.
- Many died of frostbite and hunger.
- They died of hunger and exhaustion.
- They endured hunger and deprivation.
- This is used to sate the hunger of the Loa.
- A hunger strike is violating a physiological need.
- Air hunger is the sensation of the urge to breathe.
- The hunger to succeed is yet again a measureless hunger.
- This is the interaction of hunger and thirst in the rat.
- The child suffers from malnutrition and insatiable hunger.
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