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- [huhng-ger]
- /ˈhʌŋ gər/
- /ˈhʌŋ.ɡər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhng-ger]
- /ˈhʌŋ gər/
Definitions of hunger word
- noun hunger a compelling need or desire for food. 1
- noun hunger the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger. 1
- noun hunger a shortage of food; famine. 1
- noun hunger a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power. 1
- verb without object hunger to feel hunger; be hungry. 1
- verb without object hunger to have a strong desire. 1
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Origin of hunger
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English hungor; cognate with German Hunger
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hunger
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hunger popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hunger
noun hunger
- desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- lust — intense sexual desire or appetite.
- longing — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- famine — extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
Antonyms for hunger
noun hunger
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- distaste — dislike; disinclination.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
verb hunger
- spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
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