The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hunger \Hun"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hungered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hungering.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See Hunger, n.]
To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
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To have an eager desire; to long.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteouness.
--Matt. v. 6.
Wiktionary
n. The condition of one who hungers. vb. (present participle of hunger English)
Usage examples of "hungering".
The sick woman spent the last few months of her life hungering for death.
And Yersek li Daramos, the product of Llornuan breeding, was torn between his mixed human heritagewhich reveled in the unrestricted pleasures of Llornuan societyand his Azean half, which was hungering to pairbond.
From being alone in the Void until your mind screams for contactfrom skimming whole planets with your thoughts, hungering for the touch of a familiar soul.
The cares, and sorrows, and hungerings, of the world, change them as they change hearts.