Synonyms for
Hunger
Definition
the feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- intense hunger
- extreme hunger
- hunger pangs
- hunger strike
- hunger for knowledge
- hunger for success
- hunger pains
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Usage note
While 'hunger' primarily refers to the physical need for food, it can also be used metaphorically to describe a strong desire for something, such as 'a hunger for justice'.
Example sentences
- I feel hunger when I skip breakfast.
- After playing outside for a while, I have a hunger for a snack.
- He experienced hunger during the famine.
- Some people in the world suffer from chronic hunger.
- I am trying to ignore my hunger so I can finish my work.
Quotes
Hunger is not a problem, it is an obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. - Anne Frank
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. - Mahatma Gandhi
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. - Mother Teresa