faminenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈfæm.ɪn/us/ˈfæm.ɪn/C2 a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:
Another crop failure could result in widespread famine.
There were reports of refugees dying of famine.
Thousands of people emigrated during the Irish potato famine of 1845–46.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hungry & thirsty
- (I'm so hungry), I could eat a horse idiom
- appetite
- be gasping idiom
- eat
- eat like a horse idiom
- empty
- gasp
- hungry
- make sb's mouth water idiom
- munchies
- on an empty stomach idiom
- smack
- smack your lips idiom
- starvation
- starved
- starving
- thirst
- thirsty
- unquenchable
- voracious
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