esurience
- noun
- /ˈɛzjʊəriəns/
- His esurience was evident as he devoured the entire pizza.
Examples
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She felt a strong sense of esurience after skipping breakfast.
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The novel described the villain's esurience for extravagant meals in vivid detail.
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Driven by esurience, she ordered nearly everything on the menu.
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His esurience at the banquet was noticeable to everyone present.
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Driven by esurience, she ordered nearly everything on the menu.
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His esurience at the banquet was noticeable to everyone present.
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The novel described the villain's esurience for extravagant meals in vivid detail.
Synonyms
A very strong hunger or want for something you cannot get enough of
A habit of eating too much in a greedy way
A very strong desire for more food, money or success
A very strong wish to have more money or things than you need
Always wanting more and never having enough
Very strong hunger that makes you want to eat a lot
A very strong desire to eat too much
A very strong wish to eat and drink a lot
Wanting too much food and eating more than needed
Antonyms
How Hungry
Surface Forms
Morphology
esurience = esurient (opaque) = esuri + ence
Although the noun is formed by a regular adjectival-to-noun suffixation, the base 'esurient' and the combining form 'esuri-' are rare and not known to typical B1 learners, so the meaning cannot be derived from familiar components.
Etymology
Esurience comes from the Latin verb esurire, which means 'to be hungry'. So esurience describes a very strong hunger or a greed for food.