famine

Speech parts

1. famine - Noun

2. Famine - Proper noun

Meaning

General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dearth shortage hunger starvation scarcity privation food shortage need lack failure want FAST absence poverty deficit
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Antonyms

galaxy gorge blizzard commissariat fiesta carnival
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Hypernyms

lack want disaster deficiency catastrophe calamity

Hyponyms

the great calamity the great hunger the great starvation the irish famine

Phrases with the word

feast today famine tomorrow the irish famine artificial famine terror famine irish famine famine-genocide

Anagrams

infame femina imafen

Examples

Famine means being deprived of and desiring necessary food. But there is something worse and more wretched than this famine: when someone is deprived of the necessary means of salvation and does not perceive his misfortune, having no desire to be saved. Gregory Palamas

They that die by famine die by inches. Matthew Henry

During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. Norman Borlaug

There is no bad food in a famine. Filipino Proverb

The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine. Yoruba Proverb

He who listened to the woman suffered famine at harvest time. Zambian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

familylike familymoon familywise famine bread famine fever famine food