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

Derived forms: hungrinesses

See also: hungry

Type of: desire, drive

Encyclopedia: Hungriness

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Hunnemania fumariifolia
Hunnemannia