THE GREAT HUNGER Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the phrase the great hunger. (close relations)
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| dearth | nounn | |||||
noun • an acute insufficiency • an insufficient quantity or number | ||||||
| famine | nounn | |||||
noun • an acute insufficiency • a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | ||||||
| scarcity | nounn | |||||
noun • a small and inadequate amount | ||||||
| starvation | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period • the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | ||||||
| the great calamity | nounn | |||||
noun • a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) | ||||||
| the great starvation | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) | ||||||
| the irish famine | nounn | |||||
noun • a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) | ||||||
