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Hunger and hungry

hunger

noun

a lack of food that can cause illness or death, especially among large numbers of people

hungry

adjective

feeling that you want to eat

appetite

noun

the natural feeling of wanting to eat

ravenous

adjective

very hungry

starving

adjective

very hungry

starvation

noun

a situation in which a person or animal suffers or dies because they do not have enough to eat

famine

noun

a serious lack of food that continues for a long time and causes many people in a country to become ill or die

water

verb

if your mouth waters when you see food, smell food, or think about food, saliva begins to form in your mouth because you are hungry

peckish

adjective

slightly hungry

on an empty stomach

if you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without eating anything before

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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