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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:

hungriness; longing; yearning

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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