hunger (redirected from Hunger pangs)

hun·ger  (hnggr)

n.

1.

a. A strong desire or need for food.

b. The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.

2. A strong desire or craving: a hunger for affection.

v. hun·gered, hun·ger·ing, hun·gers

v.intr.

1. To have a need or desire for food.

2. To have a strong desire or craving.

v.tr.

To cause to experience hunger; make hungry.

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[Middle English, from Old English hungor.]

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hunger [ˈhʌŋgə]

n

1. a feeling of pain, emptiness, or weakness induced by lack of food

2. an appetite, desire, need, or craving hunger for a woman

vb

1. to have or cause to have a need or craving for food

2. (intr; usually foll by for or after) to have a great appetite or desire (for)

[Old English hungor; related to Old High German hungar, Old Norse hungr, Gothic hūhrus]

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Hunger 

See Also: EATING AND DRINKING

1. Appetite … as hot as a fire —Henry Fielding
2. Appetite … as insatiable as the sun’s —Wallace Stevens
3. Had an appetite like a chain saw —Harry Prince
4. Appetite like a sparrow —Jilly Cooper
5. Ate as heartily as a hungry pike —Howard Spring
6. Ate like a gang of hungry threshers —Erich Maria Remarque
7. Belly as empty as a wind instrument —Isaac Babel
8. Hunger makes beans taste like almonds —Italian proverb
9. Hunger stirred in him like a small animal —Carlos Baker
10. Hungry as a bear —John Ray’s Proverbs

    Of all the “Hungry as” similes, the link with bears, lions and wolves is one of the most enduring

11. (I came home) hungry as a hunter —Charles Lamb
12. Hungry as a nanny goat —Ben Hecht

    This simple and direct line from a play entitled Winkleberg marks a departure from Hecht’s bent for far-fetched comparisons.

13. Hungry as a schoolboy —Raymond Chandler
14. Hungry as the grave —James Thomson
15. Nibbled like a minnow —Howard Spring
16. Passengers clustered around a food stall like ants trying to drag a crumb of cake back to their nest —Derek Lambert
17. Ravenous as gulls over a fishing boat —Marge Piercy
18. [A voracious eater] sits down to eat as thin as a grasshopper and gets up as big as a bug in the family way —Erich Maria Remarque
19. So hungry, it was as if there was a hand in our stomachs, like purses, rifling through them —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
20. Stomach … as hollow as any trumpet —Henry Fielding

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Hunger 

die like Roland To die from hunger or thirst. Legend has it that Roland, after having escaped the massacre at Ron-cevalles, ironically died of starvation and thirst while trying to cross the Pyrenees.

dine with Duke Humphrey To go hungry; to partake of a Barmecide feast. According to the usual but perhaps apocryphal account, the expression derives from the practice of London’s poor who, come the dinner hour when the streets began to empty of those preparing to dine, were wont to wander the aisles of St. Paul’s claiming to be in search of the monument to Duke Humphrey. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was renowned for his hospitality, and at his death it was rumored that there was to be a monument to his bounty erected in St. Paul’s. None such was ever built; thus, to dine with Duke Humphrey is to have no place at which to dine, to wander idly while others eat.

A cadaverous figure who had been invited for no other reason than that he was pretty constantly in the habit of dining with Duke Humphrey. (Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from an Old Manse, 1854)

Another explanation holds that the phrase originally meant to dine well; after the Duke’s death, its meaning naturally became inverted to the current one.

narrow at the equator Hungry, ravenous, famished. In this expression, purportedly used by American cowboys in the Old West, equator refers to a person’s waist which, in cases of extreme or prolonged hunger, might be narrower than usual.

sup with Sir Thomas Gresham To go hungry. London’s layabouts and idle poor commonly frequented the Exchange, which was built by Sir Thomas Gresham. Thus, those who had nowhere to dine, or no money with which to dine, were often said to sup with Sir Thomas Gresham. The phrase is not nearly so common as its near synonym to dine with Duke Humphrey.

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hunger

• famine, famish - Famine and famish come from Latin fames, "hunger."
• dissatisfied, unsatisfied - Only a person can be dissatisfied, while an abstract thing (such as hunger) can be unsatisfied.
• piece de resistance - The original context for piece de resistance is what one is able to resist by eating the big dish—pangs of hunger.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hunger - a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation hungriness drive - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire bulimia - pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) emptiness - having an empty stomach edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity - excessive desire to eat famishment, starvation - a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period malnourishment, undernourishment - not having enough food to develop or function normally
	2.	hunger - strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" thirst, thirstiness, hungriness desire - an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
Verb	1.	hunger - feel the need to eat hurt, smart, ache - be the source of pain
	2.	hunger - have a craving, appetite, or great desire for crave, lust, thirst, starve desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
	3.	hunger - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" famish, starve suffer, hurt - feel pain or be in pain

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hunger

noun

1. appetite, emptiness, voracity, the munchies (slang), hungriness, ravenousness Hunger is the body's sign that blood sugar is too low.

2. starvation, famine, malnutrition, undernourishment Three hundred people are dying of hunger every day.

3. desire, appetite, craving, yen (informal), ache, lust, yearning, itch, thirst, greediness He has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.

hunger for or after something someone want, desire, crave, hope for, long for, wish for, yearn for, pine for, hanker after, ache for, thirst after, itch after He hungered for adventure.

Quotations
"There's no sauce in the world like hunger" [Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote]

Proverbs
"Hunger drives the wolf from the wood"

Translations

hunger [ˈhʌŋgəʳ]

A. N

1. (for food) → hambre f

2. (fig) → sed f
to have a hunger for [+ adventure, knowledge] → tener hambre or sed de, estar hambriento or sediento de
he had a hunger for love → estaba ávido de amor

B. VI → estar hambriento, tener hambre

C. CPD the hunger marches NPL (Brit) (Hist) marchas protagonizadas por los obreros británicos y sus familias durante la Gran Depresión para protestar por sus condiciones de pobreza
hunger strike N → huelga f de hambre
to be on hunger strike → estar haciendo huelga de hambre
to go on hunger strike → ponerse en huelga de hambre

hunger for hunger after VI + PREP (fig) [+ adventure, knowledge] → tener hambre or sed de, estar hambriento or sediento de

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hunger [ˈhʌŋgə^r]

n

(for food) → faim f

(= eagerness) (for success, adventure, love) → soif f
hunger for sth → soif de qch
his hunger for adventure → sa soif d'aventure

vi
to hunger for [+ power, love, fame, money] → avoir soif de, désirer ardemment
They hunger for adventure → Ils ont soif d'aventure.
hunger pangs npl → fringale f
hunger strike n → grève f de la faim
to be on hunger strike → faire la grève de la faim
hunger striker n → gréviste mf de la faim
hung over hung-over adj
to be hung over → avoir la gueule de bois >
hung parliament n → parlement m sans majorité

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hunger

n

(lit) → Hunger m; to die of hunger → verhungern

(fig) → Hunger m → (for nach)

vi (old, liter) → hungern; to hunger to do something → danach hungern, etw zu tun

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hunger [ˈhʌŋgəʳ] n → fame f; (also) (fig) hunger (for) → sete f (di)

hunger after hunger for vi + prep → desiderare ardentemente, morire dalla voglia di

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hunger

n hunger [ˈhaŋgə]

1 the desire for food A cheese roll won't satisfy my hunger. honger جوع глад hlad sult der Hunger πείνα hambre isu گرسنگي nälkä faim רָעָב भूख glad éhség rasa lapar hungur, svengd fame 空腹 굶주림 alkis izsalkums kelaparan honger sult głód fome foame голод hlad lakota glad hunger ความหิว açlık 食慾 голод بھوک tình trạng đói 食欲

2 the state of not having enough food Poor people in many parts of the world are dying of hunger. hongersnood جوع، عَدَم وُجود طَعام глад hlad sult; hunger der Hunger ασιτία hambre nälg گرسنگی nälkä faim רָעָב भूखमरी gladovanje éhség kelaparan hungur fame 飢え 기근 alkis, badas bads kebuluran honger hungersnød głód fome foame голод hlad lakota glad hunger, svält ความอดอยาก açlık, kıtlık 飢餓 голод کھانے کی قلت محسوس کرنا sự đói 饥饿

3 any strong desire a hunger for love. begeerte إشْتِياق، شَهْوَه глад hlad hunger der Hunger λαχτάρα hambre; deseo; ganas iha عطش kaipuu faim רָעָב ל- चाहत cežnja vágyódás keinginan hungur fame 渇望 열망 troškimas alkas; ilgas dahagakan honger sterk lyst, trang głód fome do­rinţă жажда hlad koprnenje glad hunger, längtan ความปรารถนาอย่างแรงกล้า özlem, büyük arzu, susamışlık 渴望 жадоба, бажання شدید خواہش sự khao khát 渴望

v

(usually withfor) to long for (eg affection, love). honger يَشْتاق жадувам hladovět (po) hungre hungern λαχταρώ ansiar, anhelar janunema تشنه چیزی بودن kaivata avoir faim de לְהִשתוֹקֵק चाहत gladovati, žudjeti vágyódik mendambakan hungra (eftir e-u) aver fame, bramare 渇望する 열망하다 trokšti alkt; ilgoties dahagakan hongeren hungre etter łaknąć, pożądać ter fome de a tânji (după) жаждать túžiť, dychtiť (po) hrepeneti po žudeti za hungra (längta) efter ปรารถนาอย่างแรงกล้า özlemini çekmek, çok arzu etmek 渴望 дуже хотіти, жадати طلب محسوس کرنا khao khát 渴望

adj hungry

wanting or needing food etc a hungry baby; I'm hungry – I haven't eaten all day; He's hungry for adventure. honger جائِع ، تَوّاق إلى гладен hladový sulten hungrig πεινασμένος hambriento kõht on tühi, näljane گرسنه nälkäinen affamé רָעֵב भूखा gladan; željan, ceznutljiv éhes lapar svangur affamato 空腹の 배고픈 alkanas izsalcis lapar hongerig sulten, hungrende głodny esfomeado înfometat голодный; жаждущий hladný lačen, željan gladan hungrig หิว aç 飢餓的 голодний; голодуючий کھانے کا خواہشمند đói 饥饿的

adv hungrily

honger بِجوع ، باشْتِياق إلى гладно hladově sultent hungrig πεινασμένα con hambre, vorazmente näljaselt با گرسنگی nälkäisesti voracement בַּרַעבתָנוּת भूख से gladno, željno éhesen dengan rakus græðgislega voracemente かつがつと 굶주려서, 열망하여 godžiai badaini; badīgi dengan lapar hongerig sultent, begjærlig łapczywie esfomeadamente flămând как голодный; жадно hladne, dychtivo lačno gladno hungrigt อย่างหิวโหย aç olarak, aç aç, iştahla 飢餓地 жадібно حریصانہ khao khát; thèm muốn 饥饿地

n hungriness

hongerheid جوع глад hlad sult der Hunger πείνα hambre nälg گرسنگی nälkä faim רָעָב भूखा रहना glad éhség kelaparan hungur, svengd fame 空腹 기아 išalkimas badainums; badīgums kelaparan hongerigheid sulten tilstand łapczywość fome foame жадность hlad lakotnost gladnost hunger, hungrighet ความหิวโหย açlık 飢餓 жадібність بھوک sự khao khát 饥饿

hunger strike

a refusal to eat, as a form of protest or to force (someone) to agree to certain demands etc The prisoners went on hunger strike as a protest against prison discipline. eetstaking إضْراب عن الطَّعام гладна стачка hladovka sultestrejke der Hungerstreik απεργία πείνας huelga de hambre näljastreik اعتصاب غذا nälkälakko grève de la faim שְׁבְיתַת רָעָב भूख हड़ताल štrajk gladu éhségsztájk mogok makan hungurverkfall sciopero della fame ハンスト 단식 투쟁 bado streikas bada streiks mogok lapar hongerstaking sultestreik strajk głodowy greve da fome greva foamei голодовка hladovka gladovna stavka štrajk glađu hungerstrejk การอดข้าวประท้วง açlık grevi 絕食抗議 голодування بھوک ہڑتال cuộc tuyệt thực 绝食

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hunger → جوع hlad sult Hunger πείνα hambre nälkä faim glad fame 空腹 굶주림 honger sult głód fome голод hunger ความหิว açlık sự đói 饥饿