hunger

Definition

  • noun: a very great need for food
  • noun: a craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient
  • verb: to have or feel a strong desire
  • verb: to feel or suffer hunger
  • usually + 'after' or 'for'
  • synonyms: long, famish, starve

Examples

  • Thousands of people there are 'dying from/of hunger'. [=dying because they do not have enough food; starving to death]

  • She has threatened to 'go on a hunger strike' [=refuse to eat] if her colleagues are not released from prison.

  • The film's scenery is beautiful, but the plot is (strictly) 'from hunger'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - He is so hot. - Oh god. He so is. I heard he's gay. Sustainable methods of farming for third world countries. The goal? To eradicate hunger and poverty across the globe. I myself have known what its like to be profoundly hungry. So this is a very personal mission for me. Anastasia Steele. (..)
    2015 Fifty Shades of Grey