hunger pains
Empty belly aches
Hunger pains are the cramping sensations in the stomach when you haven't eaten—the body's signal demanding food.
The phrase is a common reshaping of "hunger pangs," with *pains* substituted because it's more familiar and makes intuitive sense: I skipped breakfast and the hunger pains hit by ten o'clock.
- ravenousnessIntense, consuming hunger
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- pangBrief sharp sensation
- gnawingsPersistent nagging discomfort
- ghrelinAppetite-stimulating stomach peptide
rumbles · appetite · cramps · yearning · cravings · stomach cramps · deprivations · food insecurity · malnutrition · empty stomach · growling stomach · dieting · fasting · ache · irritability · overeating · emotional eating · comfort food
- hungerstarving, starvation, famished, ravenous, appetite
- Hunger-Relatedeating, appetite, food craving, stomach growling, starvation
- stomach problemsstomach ache, stomachache, stomach cramps, indigestion, stomach upset
- word errorseggcorn, malapropism, could of, would of, for all intensive purposes