Defenition of the word famine

• Defenition of the word famine

  • A severe shortage of food, as through crop failure or over population. It may be due to poor harvests following drought, floods, earthquake, war, social conflict, etc.
  • a severe shortage (especially a shortage of food)
  • a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  • an acute insufficiency

Synonyms for the word famine

• • dearth
  • hunger
  • scarcity
  • shortage
  • starvation

Hyponyms for the word famine

• • the Great Calamity
  • the Great Hunger
  • the Great Starvation
  • the Irish Famine

Hypernyms for the word famine

• • calamity
  • cataclysm
  • catastrophe
  • deficiency
  • disaster
  • lack
  • tragedy
  • want

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