hunger
pronunciation
How to pronounce hunger in British English:
UK [ˈhʌŋɡə(r)]
How to pronounce hunger in American English:
US [ˈhʌŋɡər]
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- Noun:
- a physiological need for food; the consequence of foood deprivation
- strong desire for something (not food or drink)
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- Verb:
- feel the need to eat
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- be hungry; go without food
Word Origin
- hunger
- hunger: [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 been identified for certain, although Greek kégkein ‘be hungry’ and Sanskrit kákat ‘be thirsty’ are possibilities.
- hunger (n.)
- Old English hungor "unease or pain caused by lack of food, craving appetite, debility from lack of food," from Proto-Germanic *hungruz (cognates: Old Frisian hunger, Old Saxon hungar, Old High German hungar, Old Norse hungr, German hunger, Dutch honger, Gothic huhrus), probably from PIE root *kenk- (2) "to suffer hunger or thirst." Hunger strike attested from 1885; earliest references are to prisoners in Russia.
- hunger (v.)
- Old English hyngran (cognates: Old Saxon gihungrjan, Old High German hungaran, German hungern, Gothic huggrjan), from the source of hunger (n.). Related: Hungered; hungering.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The first one is intrinsic hunger cues .
- 2. Worse will come if disease and hunger take hold .
- 3. Our hunger for the natural is everywhere .
- 4. It created greed and hunger , which were its two faces .
- 5. Most endure hunger at least some of the time .