🍽️ Needing food 🔥 Strong desire

hungriness

5.9

A strong desire to get or achieve something

noun
/ˈhʌŋɡrɪnəs/

: ansia

Her hungriness for knowledge led her to read every book she could find on the subject.

Examples

After months of working on the project, his hungriness for success drove him to put in extra hours.
The artist's hungriness for inspiration pushed him to explore different cultures and art forms.
♪ Love me, love me, love me ♪ Say you do ♪ Let me fly away ♪ With you ♪ For my love is like the wind ♪ ♪ And wild is the wind ♪ Give me more ♪ Than one caress ♪ Satisfy this hungriness ♪ Let the wind blow through your heart ♪

Kinky Boots (2005)

Synonyms

desire

vshungriness

∞ 1.6

A strong wish to have or experience something

is more intense and urgent rather than a general feeling

appetite

vshungriness

299 2.1

A desire to eat or to have new experiences

is more intense and not limited to natural or bodily urges

craving

vshungriness

78 3.7

A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes

is the same intense wanting but stated as a general condition

hunger

vshungriness

69 3.2

A strong desire for something, like success or knowledge

is broader, covering intense desire in any situation

thirst

vshungriness

40 3.6

A strong wish to have or achieve something

is the same intense wanting but stated as a general concept

itch

vshungriness

Informal

31 4.2

A strong desire to do or have something

is similar but emphasizes general strong intensity not restlessness

want

vshungriness

27 1.0

A strong desire for something you wish to have

is stronger and more forceful than a basic feeling of lack

hankering

vshungriness

11 6.6

A strong wish to have or do something

is more intense and less about gentle persistence

yen

vshungriness

5 7.5

A strong desire for something

is equally strong but expressed more generally

voraciousness

vshungriness

1 7.9

A very strong desire for more food, money or success

is intense but does not imply excess or inability to satisfy

appetency

vshungriness

9.9

A strong wish to have or try something

is broader, naming intense desire without stressing urgency

appetence

vshungriness

9.9

A strong desire to have or do something

is the same strong longing but framed as a general state

appetition

vshungriness

Archaic

9.9

A strong wish to have or achieve something

is similar but used neutrally across ordinary contexts

insatiable thirst

vshungriness

7.0

A very strong wish for more that cannot be satisfied

is similarly strong but not described as neverending

thirstiness

vshungriness

3.5

A strong desire for things like knowledge or success

is equally strong but used broadly without metaphorical focus

jones

vshungriness

Slang

9.3

A strong desire for something you want a lot, like food or an activity

is similar in strength but lacks the addictive or informal tone

orectic

vshungriness

Archaic

9.9

A strong desire for something

is the common general term used in everyday contexts

Antonyms

contentment

26 2.1

A feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life

How Strong

insatiability

1 8.4

hungriness

5.9

desire

∞ 1.6

to interest

206 1.0

Surface Forms

hungriness singular

hungrinesses plural

Morphology

hungriness = hungry (semi-transparent) = hungry + ness

Formally derived from 'hungry' + '-ness', but the sense 'intense desire' is a figurative extension from physical hunger.

Etymology

Hungriness also came to mean a very strong desire, as in the phrase 'hungry for success'. Think of wanting something so much it feels like needing food, and that is why hungriness can mean a strong wish or drive.