Synonyms for famine

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fam-in

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæm ɪn

Définition of famine

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French famine "hunger" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *famina, from Latin fames "hunger, starvation, famine," of unknown origin.

noun hunger

Example sentences :

That morning a rumor had reached the village of a famine in the island of Crete.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

That was in case of an enemy or a famine when the people might be tempted to eat it.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

I could have pronounced him, alone, to be a young man aged by famine and sickness.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

This is the usual result of feast after famine, and was to be expected.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

In the worst pinches of the famine he stole back to the fires of the gods.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

It was the time of the famine, and there was no meat for the dogs.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

This famine was not a long one, but it was severe while it lasted.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

There was no food, no venison, no fish, nothing to eat at all; there was a famine.
Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain

That day, however, was the last on which they suffered from famine.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

And now there was famine on Dara for the second time, and they were of no mind to starve quietly.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Antonyms for famine

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