famine

About 5.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Extreme shortage of food in a region.
2. noun A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
3. noun Starvation or malnutrition.
4. noun Severe shortage or lack of something.

Similar words

dearth shortage starving starve starvation hunger stricken hungry terror appetite

Often followed by

and in of relief was or is that which

Word family

famines