hunger

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A need or compelling desire for food.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any strong desire or need.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be in need of food.
2. (figuratively, intransitive, usually) To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
3. (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.

Synonyms

famine

starvation

appetite

hungry

starve

thirst

desire

famish

crave

lust

be hungry

hungriness

yearn

wish

want

pine

hanker

languish

long

starving

thirstiness

empty stomach

I am hungry

thirst after

thirst for

desire of eating

long for

longing

dream

😴💭

miss

need

ache

pipe dream

poor

regret

satiety

scarcity

disinclination

destitution

hunger for

desire earnestly

inappetance

get hungry

craving

clem

anxiety

yearn for

yearning

sense of hunger

desire to eat

Translations

faim

hambre

fame

Hunger

fome

honger

πείνα

fames

açlık

fam

hungern

جوع

gana

πεινώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌŋɡə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hunger

Inherited from Old English: hungor

Cognate with Western Frisian: honger

Cognate with Dutch: honger

Cognate with German: Hunger

Cognate with Swedish: hunger

Cognate with Icelandic: hungur

Inherited from Middle English: hungren

Inherited from Old English: hyngran

In summary

From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”).
Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).