hunger

Definition of hunger in English English dictionary: A need or compelling desire of food; Any strong desire
I have a hunger to win.; To have a desire for
I hungered for your love.; To be in need of food; {n} a desire of food, an eager or keen desire; {v} to feel the pain of hunger, to long; lack of basic food necessary to meet daily nutritional and energy requirements; be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"; discomfort, illness, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged, involuntary lack of food; Desires are necessary to maintain our existence Insatiable desire, despite whatever we gain; = The internal sensation which tells us to go and eat something It does not predict how much you should eat; feel the need to eat; Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death. Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day. = starvation; To have an eager desire; to long; To make hungry; to famish; Hunger is the experience of having an empty stomach Hunger should be distinguished from undernutrition, which is the process whereby a person fails to consume adequate nutrients and/or the clinical state, which follows such a failure; Hunger is the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat. Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without hunger pangs; {f} need to eat, feel the desire to eat; yearn for, desire; An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food; {i} desire for food, need for food; feeling of needing to eat; yearning desire, craving; strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" a physiological need for food; the consequence of foood deprivation feel the need to eat; emphasis If you say that someone hungers for something or hungers after it, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure. hunger for/after to want something very much; a physiological need for food; the consequence of foood deprivation; a physiological need for food; the consequence of foood deprivation feel the need to eat; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for; To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger; strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"; Condition produced by five minutes of continuous studying; Any strong eager desire; If you have a hunger for something, you want or need it very much. Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless. = craving; munchies
hunger is a good sauce: Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.
hunger is the best sauce: Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
hunger is the best spice: When one is hungry, anything will taste good
hunger strike: a fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner
hunger strikes: plural form of hunger strike
hunger march: a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
hunger marcher: an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march
hunger pain: {i} pains or cramps in the upper and middle abdomen related to hunger
hunger pangs: {i} pains in the stomach area that take place in the early stages of hunger or fasting and are directly related with contractions of the empty stomach or intestines
hunger strike: refusal to eat as a sign of protest
hunger strike: If someone goes on hunger strike or goes on a hunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days + hunger striker hunger strikers hun·ger strik·er The five hunger strikers in London called off their strike and celebrated the good news. A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest, as by a prisoner.hunger striker n. a situation in which someone refuses to eat for a long time in order to protest about something
hunger strike: a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
hunger striker: one who refuses to eat for an extended period of time as a sign of protest
anti-hunger: of or relating to activity and policies directed towards eliminating hunger as social problem
from hunger: Of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances
She looked good, but as an actress she was strictly from hunger.
appease one's hunger: satisfy one's hunger, eat
call off a hunger strike: terminate a hunger strike, end a hunger strike
go on hunger strike: stop eating as a form of protest
gratified his hunger: satisfied his hunger, ate until he was no longer hungry; fulfilled his desire
hungered: Hungry; pinched for food
hungered: past of hunger
hungering: present participle of hunger
hungers: plural of , hunger
hungers: third-person singular of hunger
power hunger: a drive to acquire power
satisfying one's hunger: eating until satisfied, eating until no longer hungry