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

1. noun. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
2. noun. Any strong eager desire.
3. noun. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
4. noun. To have an eager desire; to long.
5. transitive verb. To make hungry; to famish.
6. noun. strong desire for something (not food or drink)

   "a thirst for knowledge"

   "hunger for affection"

   Synonyms: hungriness, thirst, thirstiness

7. noun. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

   Synonyms: hungriness

8. verb. be hungry; go without food

   "Let's eat--I'm starving!"

   Synonyms: famish, starve

9. verb. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonyms: crave, lust, starve, thirst

10. verb. feel the need to eat

Synonyms

hungriness, thirst, thirstiness, famish, starve, crave, lust

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hunger:

rehung

Common word forms

hungers, hungered, hungerer, hungerly, hungering, hungerless

Words from these letters

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