hungriness

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈhʌŋɡrinəs/ UK /ˈhʌŋɡrinəs/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the state of being hungry; keen desire or appetite

A gnawing hungriness drove the wanderers to quicken their pace.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being hungry;... hunger appetite craving starvationravenousnessemptiness

Opposites

satiety fullnesssatedness

Word family

Related forms hungry hunger

Etymology

From hungry + -ness; hungry descends from Old English hungrig, from hungor ('hunger'), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

hungrig Old English *hungruz Proto-Germanic

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Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

# hungriness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈhʌŋɡrinəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈhʌŋɡrinəs

## Meanings
1. the state of being hungry; keen desire or appetite

## Examples
- A gnawing hungriness drove the wanderers to quicken their pace.

## Synonyms
- hunger
- appetite
- craving
- starvation
- ravenousness
- emptiness

## Antonyms
- satiety
- fullness
- satedness

## Related Forms
- hungry
- hunger

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hungrig
- Root: *hungruz

## Etymology
From hungry + -ness; hungry descends from Old English hungrig, from hungor ('hunger'), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

## AI Etymology
Hungriness comes from hungry + -ness; hungry descends from Old English hungrig, from hungor ('hunger'), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. The etymological trail includes Old English hungrig and Proto-Germanic *hungruz. As a noun, hungriness means the state of being hungry; keen desire or appetite. The same family is visible in related forms such as hungry and hunger. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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