Word

hungriness, n.
(hungrinesses)

strong desire for something (not food or drink)
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hunger hungriness thirst thirstiness

sample sentences

"a thirst for knowledge"
"hunger for affection"

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prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
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hungriness longing yearning

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yen, hankering pining wishfulness wistfulness nostalgia discontent, discontentment, discontentedness

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

hunger hungriness

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hungry hunger hunger

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bulimia emptiness edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness starvation, famishment undernourishment, malnourishment