Hungering

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hunger \Hun"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hungered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Hungering}.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See {Hunger},
     n.]
     1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of
        food; to be oppressed by hunger.
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     2. To have an eager desire; to long.
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              Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
              righteouness.                         --Matt. v. 6.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "hungering":
     athirst, consumed with desire, coveting, craving,
     devoured by desire, dog-hungry, empty, famished, famishing,
     fasting, fervid, half-famished, half-starved, hungry, itching,
     mad with lust, peckish, pinched with hunger, prurient, ravening,
     ravenous, sharp-set, starved, starving, thirsting, thirsty,
     unfilled, voracious, wolfish