hunger
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈhʌŋɡə/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/
Noun

hunger

  1. A need or compelling desire for food.
  2. (by extension) Any strong desire.
    I have a hunger to win.
    • O sacred hunger of ambitious minds!
Antonyms Translations Translations
  • French: soif
  • Portuguese: sede
  • Russian: жа́жда
  • Spanish: sed
Verb

hunger (hungers, present participle hungering; past and past participle hungered)

  1. (intransitive) To be in need of food.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Romans 12:20 ↗:
      Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on someone's head#English|heape coales of fire on his head.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
    I hungered for your love.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Matthew 5:6 ↗:
      Blessed are they which doe hunger and thirst after righteousnesse: for they shall be filled.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.
Translations
  • French: avoir faim
  • German: hungern, Hunger attention de, hungrig attention de
  • Italian: avere fame
  • Portuguese: ter fome
  • Russian: проголода́ться
  • Spanish: tener hambre
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