hunger
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- noun
- /ˈhʌŋɡər/
- After skipping breakfast, I felt a sharp pang of hunger before lunch.
- a hunger strike
- poverty and hunger
- die of hunger
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Watch on YouTubeAnd millions of American children experience hunger every month.
- And millions of American children experience hunger every month.
- Like if there wasn't a painful hunger like wanting to eat.
- So we created this The End Hunger Network, and that was wonderful.
- I I want you to solve world hunger. In five years
- He's, he's, he's dying of, of hunger or thirst or worn out completely.
- The signals of hunger increase after exercise.
- We could solve hunger in America with less money than that.
- Poverty and hunger continue at dreadful levels.
- So leptin is this hormone that essentially brings down my hunger, makes me less hungry.
Examples
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When she realized that it was hunger that had woken her, she almost cried with relief.
Fiction book (1991) -
And millions of American children experience hunger every month.
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You feel it now, the hunger?
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Poor countries which are already facing widespread hunger will feel the pain the most.
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From 1990 to the present, hunger and extreme poverty have continued to rise.
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Oh, I'm feeling weak... with hunger!
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My own stomach is stuck to my backbone from hunger.
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That child deserves a world without extreme hunger and dependence that it fosters.
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The bishops noted the irony of intransigent hunger and poverty in a world of unprecedented wealth and resources.
Academic text (2015) -
The four youngest Jacksons fell on the food with renewed hunger, but Mandy ate a little more cautiously.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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2.1
A desire to eat or to have new experiences
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3.7
A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes
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7.7
Very strong hunger that makes you want to eat a lot
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9.9
A strong wish to have or try something
A strong need for food that makes you want to eat
A very strong hunger that makes you eat a lot
A natural desire to eat or drink
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A famine in Ireland from 1846 to 1851 caused by a potato disease that forced many people to leave
How Hungry
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Etymology
Hunger as a noun comes from an old English word meaning 'need for food', so hunger names the body's uncomfortable feeling or weakness when you must eat.