hunger

  • 51hunger — 1. noun a) A need or compelling desire of food. I have a hunger to win. b) Any strong desire. Ant: satiety, satiation 2 …

    Wiktionary

  • 52hunger — 1. A desire or need for food. 2. Any appetite, strong desire, or craving. [A.S.] affect h. emotional h. for maternal love and feelings of protection and care implied in the mother child relationship. narcotic h. the physiological craving for… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 53Hunger — Hungerm 1.HungerbisunterbeideArme=heftigesHungergefühl.»BisunterbeideArme«beschreibtgroteskdenUmfangdesleerenMagens.DerAusdrucksollteursprünglichdasFremdwort»Appetit«verdrängenundwaranfangsernsthaftaufgefaßt.1914ff.… …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

  • 54hunger — fig. • törst, längtan • lystnad, begär, hunger, åtrå, iver …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 55hunger — [OE] Hunger is a widespread word in the Germanic languages, shared by German, Swedish, and Danish as well as English (Dutch spells it honger), but it is not represented in any of the other Indo European languages. Indeed, no related forms have… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56hunger — I. n. Craving appetite (for food), craving for food. II. v. n. 1. Feel hunger, feel hungry, be hungry, crave food, want nourishment. 2. Long, hanker, feel longing desire, desire eagerly, pine …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 57hunger — n 1. hungriness, appetite, appetition, appetence, stomach, taste; tapeworm, Pathol. bulimia, canine appetite, Inf. sweet tooth; ravenousness, edacity, voraciousness. 525 2. craving, thirst, coveting, want; yearning, longing, pining, desire, yen,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 58hunger — hun|ger sb., en, i sms. hunger , fx hungerramt, dog hungers i hungersnød …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 59Hunger — Hụn|ger , der; s; vor Hunger sterben; aber hungers sterben …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 60Hunger — badavimas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Būsena organizmo, kuris ilgą laiką negauna arba per mažai gauna gyvybiškai svarbių maisto medžiagų. Gali būti visiškas (organizmas negauna nei maisto, nei vandens) ir dalinis… …

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