hungriness
State of famishment
Hungriness is the state of being hungry—feeling the need or desire for food.
The word is uncommon, since hunger itself serves as the noun: Her hunger was obvious sounds more natural than Her hungriness was obvious.
When hungriness does appear, it often describes figurative appetite: an intellectual hungriness, a hungriness for success.
Desire for food
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- peckishMildly hungry
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
mealtime · satiety · nourishment · growling stomach · empty stomach · fasting · undernourishment · food craving
Powerful urge to have
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- urgeStrong inner drive
- thirstNeed for fluid
wanting · eagerness · drive · pining · coveting · hankering · aching · need
Severe food shortage
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
destitution · shortage · want · neediness · lack · insufficiency · rationing · subsistence
Strong desire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
goal-oriented · competitive · relentless · tenacious · aggressive · climbing · pursuing · achieving
appetite
Desire for food
starvation · mealtime · satiety · nourishment · growling stomach · empty stomach · fasting · undernourishment · food craving · voracious
craving
Powerful urge to have
thirst · wanting · eagerness · drive · pining · coveting · hankering · aching · need · desperation
famine
Severe food shortage
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
poverty · destitution · shortage · want · neediness · lack · insufficiency · rationing · subsistence · bare cupboard
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
striving · goal-oriented · competitive · relentless · tenacious · aggressive · climbing · pursuing · achieving · go-getter
hungrinesssatiation
State of complete fulfillment
fullness · satiety · repletion · satisfaction · stuffedness
hungrinessindifference
Lack of interest
distaste · satisfaction · aversion · contentment · repulsion