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hungerings

hungerings is the plural of hungering.

Meaning of hungering

Noun

hungering (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

Questions about hungerings

What is hungerings the plural of?
Hungerings is the plural of hungering.

Words near hungerings in the dictionary

  1. Hungerford
  2. Hungerfords
  3. hungerful
  4. hungering
  5. hungeringly
  6. hungerings
  7. Hungerland
  8. hungerless
  9. hungerlessness
  10. hungerly
  11. hungerpain

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