— hungeringly , adv.
/hung"geuhr/ , n.
1. a compelling need or desire for food.
2. the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger.
3. a shortage of food; famine.
4. a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power.
5. from hunger , Slang. deplorably bad; dreadful: The styles in coats this winter are from hunger. Also, strictly from hunger .
v.i.
6. to feel hunger; be hungry.
7. to have a strong desire.
v.t.
8. Rare. to subject to hunger; starve.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE hungor; c. G Hunger ]
Syn. 4. appetite, greed, lust, itch.