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Webster 1828 Edition


Hungering

HUN'GERING

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ppr.
Feeling the uneasiness of want of food; desiring eagerly; longing for; craving.

Definition 2024


hungering

hungering

English

Verb

hungering

  1. present participle of hunger

Noun

hungering (plural hungerings)

  1. The condition of one who hungers.
    • John Bunyan
      He findeth, moreover, revealed in him the Saviour of the world, and the absolute necessity of closing with him for life; at the which he findeth hungerings and thirstings after him; to which hungerings, etc., the promise is made.