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hungriness

NOUN
hunger
Synonyms
STRONGEST
craving desire famine greed longing lust starvation yearning
STRONG
ache appetence appetency emptiness esurience famishment gluttony greediness mania ravenousness vacancy void voracity want yen
WEAK
a stomach for appetition big eyes bottomless pit eyes for munchies sweet tooth
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disgust dislike distaste hate hatred
STRONG
fill fullness
WEAK
satiation satisfaction

Example Sentences

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“It’s just a different feel coming in here. ... You’ve got that hungriness of coming off a Super Bowl.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

You’ve got that hungriness of coming off a Super Bowl, everybody doubting you, that you can get back there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

“But I think those two games set us up for the hungriness that we needed for this game.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2013

"Well," said Lapham, with the hungriness of unsatisfied anxiety in his tone.

From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean

But once chancing to look quickly up, I caught my mother watching me with a hungriness and an utter despair such as I'd never seen before.

From The Harbor by Poole, Ernest