adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of hunger form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   hungry; in need of food. obsolete

   "[...] nor hunger felt / Till thoſe days ended, hunger'd then at lasſt / Among wild Beaſts […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

cravestarveacheambitionan universal wolfappetence

Example

More examples

"She hungered for a sight of her mother."

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