1. A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
   "Her hunger was evident from the loud growling of her stomach";
   - hungriness
    
2. Strong desire for something (not food or drink)
   "hunger for affection";
   - hungriness, thirst, thirstiness

1. Feel the need to eat
   "After the long hike, we hungered for a hearty meal"
    
2. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
   "He hungered after power and wealth";
   - crave, thirst, starve [informal], lust
    
3. Be hungry; go without food
   "Let's eat — I'm hungering!";
   - starve, famish

Derived forms: hungering, hungers, hungered

Type of: ache, desire, drive, hurt, smart, suffer, want

Encyclopedia: Hunger