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hunger
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h????/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Hyphenation: hun?ger
Etymology 1
From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).
Noun
hunger (countable and uncountable, plural hungers)
- A need or compelling desire for food.
- (by extension) Any strong desire.
- I have a hunger to win.
Usage notes
The phrase be hungry is more common than have hunger to express a need for food.
Antonyms
- satiety
- satiation
Derived terms
- hunger is the best spice
- hungerless
- hunger stone
Translations
See also
- thirst
Etymology 2
From Old English hyngran, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijan?.
Verb
hunger (third-person singular simple present hungers, present participle hungering, simple past and past participle hungered)
- (intransitive) To be in need of food.
- (figuratively, intransitive, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
- 1993, The The, Love Is Stronger Than Death
- In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
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- (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.
Derived terms
- ahungered/anhungered
Translations
References
- hunger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- rehung
Danish
Noun
hunger
- (uncommon) hunger
Declension
Synonyms
- sult
Derived terms
- hungersnød
German
Verb
hunger
- inflection of hungern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) hunngerr, hungor, hungær
- hunguer, honguer, honger, hungre, hongre, hungere, hongur, hounger, hounguer, hungir, hungyr, hungur
Etymology
From Old English hungor, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hun??r/, [?hu???r]
Noun
hunger (uncountable)
- Hungriness; the feeling of being hungry or requiring satiation.
- Hunger; a great lack or death of food or nutrition.
- A shortage of food in a region or country; widespread hunger.
- Hunger as a metaphorical individual; the force of hunger.
- (rare) Any strong drive or compulsion.
Derived terms
- hungren
- hungry
- hungrylych
Descendants
- English: hunger
- Scots: hounger, hunger
References
- “hunger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-19.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.
Noun
hunger m (definite singular hungeren, uncountable)
- hunger
Synonyms
- sult
Derived terms
- hungersnød
Related terms
- hungrig
References
- “hunger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr
Noun
hunger m (definite singular hungeren) (uncountable)
- hunger
Synonyms
- svolt
Derived terms
- hungersnaud, hungersnød
Related terms
- hungrig
References
- “hunger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hunger c (uncountable)
- hunger
Declension
See also
- hungrig
- hungra
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urge
English
Etymology
From Latin urge? (“urge”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Noun
urge (plural urges)
- A strong desire; an itch to do something.
Translations
Verb
urge (third-person singular simple present urges, present participle urging, simple past and past participle urged)
- (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- (transitive) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
- (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- Man?? and for ever?? wretch?! what wouldst thou have?? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
- (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- (transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
- (transitive) To press onward or forward.
- (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Synonyms
- animate
- incite
- impel
- instigate
- stimulate
- encourage
Related terms
- urgent
Translations
See also
- surge
Anagrams
- Guer., Ruge, geru, grue, regu
French
Verb
urge
- third-person singular present indicative of urger
Anagrams
- grue
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -urd?e
Verb
urge
- third-person singular present indicative of urgere
Latin
Verb
urg?
- second-person singular present active imperative of urge?
Portuguese
Verb
urge
- third-person singular present indicative of urgir
- second-person singular imperative of urgir
Spanish
Verb
urge
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of urgir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of urgir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of urgir.
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