Synonyms:
hunger, hungriness
Meaning: a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
Synonyms:
hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness
Meaning: strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"
Usage examples
"Hunger?"
His hunger was forgotten.
"Then you must suffer hunger."
"Yes; those who have died of hunger."
It was more powerful than a direct hunger.
My hunger was beginning to be insupportable.
I was yielding to the effects of hunger and cold.
'Him wild hunger drives o'er the beauteous earth.'
Hunger and fatigue made me incapable of reasoning.
When his hunger was satisfied the old man said to him: