hunger
Body demands nourishment
Hunger is the bodily sensation of needing food—the discomfort or weakness that comes from not eating.
Extended, it describes severe food scarcity: Millions face hunger in the region.
Figuratively, hunger is intense desire or craving: a hunger for success, hunger for knowledge.
To hunger for something is to yearn for it deeply.
Suffering extreme hunger
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- peckishMildly hungry
- appetiteDesire for food
pangs · growling · gnawing · emptiness · lightheaded · weakness · satiety · fullness
Powerful urge to have
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- desireIntense wanting
- hankeringPersistent strong desire
urge · itch · thirst · aching · pining · appetite · wanting · lust
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- undernourishmentInsufficient dietary intake
drought · crop failure · wasting · humanitarian crisis · food aid · food desert · poverty · destitution
Intense, persistent desire
- soulInnermost animating essence
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- seekingAttempting to find
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
meaning · void · ache · searching · restlessness · discontent · yearning · wholeness
Seeking wild food sources
- scavengingGathering discarded or dead material
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- sustenanceMeans of living
resourcefulness · desperation · hunting · gathering · provisions · hoarding · shortage · privation
Desire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- driveOperate a vehicle
passion · fire · tenacity · striving · pursuit · relentless · burning · fierce
starving
Suffering extreme hunger
appetite · pangs · growling · gnawing · emptiness · lightheaded · weakness · satiety · fullness · munchies
craving
Powerful urge to have
hankering · urge · itch · thirst · aching · pining · appetite · wanting · lust · obsession
starvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
undernourishment · drought · crop failure · wasting · humanitarian crisis · food aid · food desert · poverty · destitution · deprivation
longing
Intense, persistent desire
fulfillment · meaning · void · ache · searching · restlessness · discontent · yearning · wholeness · purpose
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
- scavengingGathering discarded or dead material
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
sustenance · resourcefulness · desperation · hunting · gathering · provisions · hoarding · shortage · privation · want
ambition
Desire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- determinationFirmness of purpose
drive · passion · fire · tenacity · striving · pursuit · relentless · burning · fierce · competitive
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, swallow
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- child nutritionbaby food, balanced diet, balanced meals, breakfast, calcium
- living conditionshousing, income, employment, healthcare access, education access
- appetitestarving, famished, ravenous, cravings, craving
- aspirationsdream, goals, dreams, purpose, mission
hungersatiation
State of complete fulfillment
fullness · satiety · repletion · satisfaction · surfeit
hungerindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · unconcern · contentment · disinterest · nonchalance
- go hungryLack sufficient nourishment
- going hungryExperiencing prolonged food deprivation
- goes hungryExperiences lack of food
- hungry for
- emotional hungerCraving for connection
- hunger strikeProtest through refusing food
hungry, hungrily, hungers, hungering, hungrier, hungered, hungriest, hungriness, hunger stone