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hunger

hun·ger

UK/ˈhʌŋɡə/ US/ˈhʌŋɡə/ common
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

strong desire for something (not food or drink)

  • “a thirst for knowledge”
  • “hunger for affection”
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verb

1.

feel the need to eat

2.
3.

be hungry; go without food

  • “Let”
  • “m starving!”
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Origin

From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Faroese and Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).

Phrases

  • air hunger
  • father hunger
  • gold hunger
  • hunger is a good sauce
  • hunger is the best pickle
  • hunger is the best sauce
  • hunger is the best seasoning
  • hunger is the best spice

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