HUNGRINESS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hungriness mean? 

• HUNGRINESS (noun)
  The noun HUNGRINESS has 3 senses:

1. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
2. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
3. strong desire for something (not food or drink)

  Familiarity information: HUNGRINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUNGRINESS (noun)

Meaning:

A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hunger; hungriness

Hypernyms ("hungriness" is a kind of...):

drive (a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hungriness"):

bulimia (pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions))

emptiness (having an empty stomach)

edacity; esurience; ravenousness; voraciousness; voracity (excessive desire to eat)

famishment; starvation (a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period)

malnourishment; undernourishment (not having enough food to develop or function formally)

Meaning:

Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

longing; yearning; hungriness

Hypernyms ("hungriness" is a kind of...):

desire (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hungriness"):

hankering; yen (a yearning for something or to do something)

discontent; discontentedness; discontentment (a longing for something better than the present situation)

nostalgia (longing for something past)

wistfulness (a sadly pensive longing)

wishfulness (an unrealistic yearning)

pining (a feeling of deep longing)

Meaning:

Strong desire for something (not food or drink)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hunger; thirst; hungriness; thirstiness

Context examples:

a thirst for knowledge / hunger for affection

Hypernyms ("hungriness" is a kind of...):

desire (an inclination to want things)