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nouna physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
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verbhave a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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"hunger for affection"nounstrong desire for something (not food or drink)
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verbbe hungry; go without food
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verbfeel the need to eat
Definition that contains hunger
- hungry feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- wasted very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- starvation a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
- famine a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
- pinched very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- haggard very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- skeletal very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- bulimia pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)
- emaciated very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- gaunt very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold