hunger

Meanings

Plural: hungers

Noun

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- "hunger for affection"
A need or compelling desire for food.
Any strong desire or need.

Verb

feel the need to eat
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
be hungry; go without food
To be in need of food.
To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
To make hungry; to famish.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”).
Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).

Synonyms

crave, famish, hungriness, lust, starve, thirst, thirstiness

Antonyms

be full, satiation, satiety

Scrabble Score: 10

hunger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hunger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hunger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hunger is a valid Words With Friends word