Definition

1. Noun:
   • A strong desire for something (not food or drink): A state of craving or yearning for a non-physical sustenance, such as knowledge, affection, or success.
   • Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need: A state of wanting something intensely over a long period without satisfaction.
   • A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation: The physical sensation and state caused by a lack of nourishment.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • His hungriness for approval made him work tirelessly. (His strong desire for approval was his motivation.)
  • The artist's hungriness for recognition was evident in her ambitious projects. (Her prolonged, unfulfilled need drove her work.)
  • After hiking all day, their hungriness was overwhelming. (Their physiological need for food was intense.)

Advanced Usage

• "A hungriness of the soul": A metaphorical expression describing a deep, spiritual or emotional craving.
  • The poem speaks to a hungriness of the soul that material things cannot satisfy.
• "To have a hungriness for life": To possess an intense eagerness to experience life fully.
  • Even at eighty, she had a hungriness for life that was contagious.

Variants and Related Words

• Hungry (adj): Feeling or showing a need for food; having a strong desire.
  • The hungry child ate quickly.
• Hunger (n): Can be used synonymously with 'hungriness' for both the physical need and the strong desire.
  • He felt a deep hunger for change.

Synonyms

• Craving: A powerful desire for something.
• Yearning: A deep, persistent, often melancholic desire.
• Longing: A strong, persistent wish.
• Appetite: A natural desire to satisfy a need, often for food.

Related Phrases

• To have a hungriness for: To crave or desire something strongly.
  • She has a real hungriness for adventure.
• To satisfy one's hungriness: To fulfill a strong desire or a physical need for food.
  • The meal finally satisfied their hungriness.

Noun

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