hungering

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noun

The condition of one who hungers.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hunger
nounhungering (plural hungerings)

plural hungerings

  1. The condition of one who hungers.

    [H]e 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, &c., the promiſe is made.

    1680, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], 5th edition, Edinburgh: […] Iohn Cairns, […], →OCLC, page 80
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