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All hungering synonyms

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noun hungering

  • ambition β€” If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
  • aspiration β€” Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
  • craving β€” an intense desire or longing
  • hankering β€” a longing; craving.
  • hunger β€” a compelling need or desire for food.
  • pining β€” to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for): to pine for one's home and family.
  • thirst β€” a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
  • wish β€” to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
  • yearning β€” deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
  • coveting β€” Present participle of covet.
  • itch β€” to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected: My nose itches.
  • urge β€” to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
  • yen β€” an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: Β₯; Abbreviation: Y.
  • fire in the belly β€” (Idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.

adjective hungering

  • empty β€” A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
  • hollow β€” having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
  • ravening β€” rapacious; voracious.
  • hungry β€” having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
  • ravenous β€” extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
  • voracious β€” craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
  • dehydrated β€” (of organisms) deprived of vital water or moisture
  • drawn β€” past participle of draw.
  • dying β€” ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
  • emaciated β€” Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
  • faint β€” lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
  • famished β€” extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
  • haggard β€” having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
  • malnourished β€” poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • peaked β€” Also, on-peak. being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons.
  • peckish β€” somewhat hungry: By noon we were feeling a bit peckish.
  • perishing β€” causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
  • pinched β€” to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
  • skinny β€” very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
  • thin β€” having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • underfed β€” to feed insufficiently.
  • undernourished β€” not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
  • weakened β€” to make weak or weaker.
  • deprived β€” Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
  • peaky β€” peaked2 .

verb hungering

  • conceive β€” If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
  • crave β€” If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
  • daydream β€” A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
  • fantasize β€” to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
  • fantasise β€” to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
  • invent β€” to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
  • think β€” to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).
  • visualise β€” to recall or form mental images or pictures.
  • visualize β€” to recall or form mental images or pictures.
  • brainstorm β€” If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
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