hungriness C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈhʌŋɡrinəs/ UK /ˈhʌŋɡrinəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the state of being hungry; keen desire or appetite A gnawing hungriness drove the wanderers to quicken their pace. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of being hungry;... hungerappetitecravingstarvationravenousnessemptiness ↔ Opposites satietyfullnesssatedness Word family Related forms hungryhunger Etymology AI details From hungry + -ness; hungry descends from Old English hungrig, from hungor ('hunger'), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. hungrig Old English *hungruz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown