hunger
hunger is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 27 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any strong eager desire. O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! Spenser. For hunger of my gold I die. Dryden.
- 2.To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
- 3.To have an eager desire; to long. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteouness. Matt. v.
- 4.To make hungry; to famish.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is hunger.
- What is any strong eager desire. O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! Spenser. For hunger of my gold I die. Dryden called?
- What is to feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger called?
- What is to have an eager desire; to long. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteouness. Matt. v called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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