hungriness
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
Types & categories
- drive hypernym
- bulimia hyponym
- emptiness hyponym
- voraciousness hyponym
- starvation hyponym
- undernourishment hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
- hankering hyponym
- pining hyponym
- wishfulness hyponym
- wistfulness hyponym
- nostalgia hyponym
- discontentment hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
a thirst for knowledge
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | starve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunger |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hungry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | drive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulimia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emptiness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | voraciousness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | starvation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | undernourishment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | yen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | yearn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | athirstp |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hankering |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pining |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wishfulness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wistfulness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nostalgia |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discontentment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lust |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | athirstp |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |