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Synonyms for hunger

hunger for or after something or someone

Synonyms

  • want
  • desire
  • crave
  • hope for
  • long for
  • wish for
  • yearn for
  • pine for
  • hanker after
  • ache for
  • thirst after
  • itch after
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for hunger

a desire for food or drink

a strong wanting of what promises enjoyment or pleasure

to have a greedy, obsessive desire

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for hunger

strong desire for something (not food or drink)

feel the need to eat

Related Words

have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

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be hungry

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Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
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Our brains need glucose to function so when levels become too low this can cause symptoms such as hunger pangs, trembling or even difficulty concentrating.
He wrote on Facebook saying that "the hunger pangs are no longer with me."
Sadly though, others have not heeded Yemen's hunger pangs, with the World Food Programme coming up Dh500 million short for the rest of the year.
It's a dairy-free muffin that's become a staple of our breakfast range and is a good way to stave off those mid-morning hunger pangs. MAKES 10 2 medium bananas 150g golden caster sugar 200g blueberries 2 medium eggs 150g dessert apple, grated coarsely, with the skin left on 150g carrot, finely grated 75-100ml soya milk 100g good-quality bought muesli mix (or use porridge oats), plus extra for sprinkling 300g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 Heat the oven to 180degC/ Gas Mark 4.
Fibre promotes feelings of fullness, which helps you stave off hunger pangs and avoid unplanned snacking.
THIS set of three flower essences has been designed to help people control emotional hunger pangs.
The pectin fiber in lemon water can also help stave off hunger pangs, and may help you lose weight.
One particular expat, who has shown the greatest respect and courtesy for his fasting colleagues during the holy month, was caught off guard last week when hunger pangs got the better of him.During a hectic afternoon with no time to go home for lunch, he forgot that restaurants are closed during the day and announced to the office that he was planning to order KFC and asked if anyone wanted some.Understandably, the rumbling coming from his stomach was quickly drowned out by the rumbling of hungry co-workers counting down the hours until iftar!
Her stomach lining, which drives hunger pangs, has gone.
I wondered had his ancestors pick tea all day, To keep their family hunger pangs at bay?
The Italian restaurant on the premises, Alto Vino, dishes up superb and authentic Italian fare, while the Whitefield Baking Company has a broad range of desserts and bakes on display that help stave off midday hunger pangs. End a busy day of work by unwinding over a selection of cocktails and worldclass liquor at M Bar, which sports a sky atrium that allows you to view stars.
An hour later, wrong turns, dead ends, rotting kelp and hunger pangs had taken a toll on morale.
It was like tumbling down Alice's wonderland and landing in Delhi of the Mughal era when people listened to poets at leisure with kebabs, biryani and phirni to satiate their hunger pangs. Their appetite for poetry, meanwhile, was being whetted by the doyens of Urdu poetry, from the veterans Shahryar, Waseem Barelvi, Muzaffar Hanafi and Meraj Faizabadi to the relatively younger Manzar Bhopali, Jauhar Kanpuri, Shakeel Hasan Shamsi and Iqbal Ashhar.
By burning fat first and deferring carbohydrate use, the body signals the brain that it is full, thereby averting hunger pangs. It's thought that the combination of these physiological changes in the brain and body brought about by exercise may reduce the "defended" weight and make it easier to not overeat.
This Thursday will bring "The Giant Gila Monster" (a 1959 movie about a giant lizard terrorizing a rural Texan community) and "The Killer Shrews" (also from 1959, outsized rodents who escaped from a laboratory get hunger pangs for residents of an island community).