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HUNGRINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strong desire for something (not food or drink)
Example:
hunger for affection
Synonyms:
hunger; hungriness; thirst; thirstiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hungriness" is a kind of...):
desire (an inclination to want things)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("hungriness" is a kind of...):
desire (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hungriness"):
hankering; yen (a yearning for something or to do something)
pining (a feeling of deep longing)
wishfulness (an unrealistic yearning)
wistfulness (a sadly pensive longing)
nostalgia (longing for something past)
discontent; discontentedness; discontentment (a longing for something better than the present situation)
Derivation:
hungry ((usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
Synonyms:
hunger; hungriness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hungriness" is a kind of...):
drive (a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hungriness"):
bulimia (pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions))
emptiness (having an empty stomach)
edacity; esurience; ravenousness; voraciousness; voracity (excessive desire to eat)
famishment; starvation (a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period)
malnourishment; undernourishment (not having enough food to develop or function normally)
Derivation:
hungry (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food)
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