OVERNUTRITIONS Antonyms
overnutrition
Best Opposite Words For OVERNUTRITIONS
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| deprivation | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme poverty • the disadvantage that results from losing something • act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | ||||||
| emaciation | nounn | |||||
noun • extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | ||||||
| famine | nounn | |||||
noun • an acute insufficiency • a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | ||||||
| hunger | nounn | |||||
noun • a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation • strong desire for something (not food or drink) verb • feel the need to eat • have a craving, appetite, or great desire for • be hungry; go without food | ||||||
| malnutrition | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods | ||||||
| poverty | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| undernourishment | nounn | |||||
noun • not having enough food to develop or function normally | ||||||
| want | verbv | |||||
noun • a state of extreme poverty • the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable • anything that is necessary but lacking • a specific feeling of desire verb • feel or have a desire for; want strongly • have need of • hunt or look for; want for a particular reason • wish or demand the presence of • be without, lack; be deficient in | ||||||
