"hungriness" in the noun sense
1. hunger, hungriness
a physiological need for food the consequence of food deprivation
2. longing, yearning, hungriness
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
3. hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness
strong desire for something (not food or drink
"a thirst for knowledge"
"hunger for affection"
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