Dictionary Entry
hunger
hunger is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
- 2noun
Any strong eager desire.
- 3noun
To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
- 4noun
To have an eager desire; to long.
- 5transitive verb
To make hungry; to famish.
- 6noun
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
"a thirst for knowledge"
"hunger for affection"
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- 7noun
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
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- 8verb
be hungry; go without food
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- 9verb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- 10verb
feel the need to eat
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