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1. A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
   - hungriness
    
2. Strong desire for something (not food or drink)
   "hunger for affection"
   - hungriness, thirst, thirstiness

1. Feel the need to eat
    
2. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
   - crave, thirst, starve, lust
    
3. Be hungry; go without food
   - starve, famish

Derived forms: hungers, hungering, hungered

See also: hungry

Type of: ache, desire, drive, hurt, smart, suffer, want

Encyclopedia: Hunger