Related Words for famine

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WordSyllablesCategories
dearth
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Noun, Noun
shortage
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Noun, Noun
starvation
x/x
Noun
pestilence
/xx
Noun
hunger
/x
Noun
drought
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Noun
destitution
/xxx
Noun
malnutrition
xx/x
Noun
calamity
x/xx
Noun
starve
/
Verb
feast
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Noun, Verb
poverty
/xx
Noun
epidemics
xx/x
Noun
plague
/
Noun
strife
/
Noun
affliction
x/x
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
devastation
xx/x
Noun
sickness
/x
Noun
bloodshed
/x
Noun
scarcity
/xx
Noun
desolation
xx/x
Noun
overpopulation
xxxx/x
Noun
disease
x/
Noun
pandemics
x/x
Noun
unrest
x/
Noun
tribulation
xx/x
Noun, Verb
persecution
xx/x
Noun
undernutrition
xxx/x
Noun
oppression
x/x
Noun
cholera
/xx
Noun
ravages
/xx
Noun
crisis
/x
Noun
wars
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Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
alleviation
xxx/x
Noun
privations
x/x
Noun
depopulation
xxx/x
Noun
genocide
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Noun
apocalypse
x/xx
Noun
terror
/x
Noun
barrenness
/xx
Noun
rapine
/x
Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun
holocaust
/xx
Name
locusts
/x
Noun
perishing
/xx
Noun, Verb
sleeplessness
/xx
Noun
homelessness
/xx
Noun
depredation
xx/x
Noun
emigration
xx/x
Noun
blight
/
Noun
misrule
x/
Noun
smallpox
/x
Noun
desertification
/xxx/x
Noun
pellagra
x/x
Noun
underdevelopment
xxx/xx
Noun
illness
/x
Noun
somalia
x/xx
Name
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
overeating
/x/x
Noun
death
/
Noun
scourge
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Noun
gluttony
/xx
Noun
insurrection
xx/x
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun
afflicted
x/x
Verb
riots
/x
Noun
crops
/
Noun
penury
/xx
Noun
recession
x/x
Noun
cannibalism
/xxxx
Noun
slaughter
/x
Noun
adversity
x/xx
Noun
flood
/
Noun
banditry
/xx
Noun
workhouse
/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
dysentery
/xxx
Noun
need
/
Noun
want
/
Verb
scant
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Adjective
misfortune
x/x
Noun
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
inadequacy
x/xxx
Noun
extreme
x/
Adjective
lack
/
Noun
desperation
xx/x
Noun
impoverishment
x/xx
Noun
discontent
xx/
Noun
plight
/
Noun
underweight
/xx
Noun
unfairness
x/x
Noun
desert
/x
Noun
waste
/
Noun
dystopia
//xx
Noun
futility
x/xx
Noun
spectre
/x
Noun
ethiopian
xx/xx
Adjective
stalks
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Verb
stave
/
Verb
nakedness
/xx
Noun
bohr
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Name
decimated
/xxx
Verb
sahel
xx
Name
specter
/x
Noun
impending
x/x
Verb
stricken
/x
Verb
appetite
/xx
Noun
bellum
/x
Name
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
conflagration
xx/x
Noun
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
depression
x/x
Noun
earthquake
/x
Noun, Verb
fame
/
Noun, Verb
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
food
/
Noun
glut
/
Noun, Verb
hungry
/x
Adjective
overcrowding
/xxx
Noun
partition
x/x
Noun, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
postwar
//
Adjective
preindustrial
xx/xx
Adjective
prewar
x/
Adjective
prosperous
/xx
Adjective
transitional
x/xx
Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb