For a writer there is no dearth of detractors.
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Dearth
//dɜːθ//
Synonyms for "dearth" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
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Translations
91 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σπάνις verb (scarcity)
Bulgarian
3 entries- глад verb (period when food is rare)
- недоимък verb (scarcity)
- оскъдица verb (period when food is rare)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 缺乏 verb (scarcity)
Czech
3 entries- nedostatek verb (period when food is rare)
- nedostatek verb (scarcity)
- nouze verb (period when food is rare)
Dutch
2 entries- hongersnood verb (period when food is rare)
- schaarste verb (scarcity)
Esperanto
1 entries- malabundo verb (scarcity)
Finnish
3 entries- niukkuus verb (scarcity)
- nälänhätä verb (period when food is rare)
- pula verb (scarcity)
French
2 entries- disette verb (period when food is rare)
- pénurie verb (scarcity)
Galician
1 entries- escaseza verb (period when food is rare)
Georgian
4 entries- დეფიციტი verb (period when food is rare)
- დეფიციტი verb (scarcity)
- ნაკლებობა verb (scarcity)
- სიმწირე verb (scarcity)
German
3 entries- Hungersnot verb (period when food is rare)
- Knappheit verb (scarcity)
- Mangel verb (scarcity)
Greek
4 entries- έλλειψη verb (scarcity)
- ανεπάρκεια verb (scarcity)
- λιμός verb (period when food is rare)
- πείνα verb (period when food is rare)
Hungarian
1 entries- ínség verb (period when food is rare)
Italian
3 entries- carenza verb (scarcity)
- carestia verb (period when food is rare)
- scarsità verb (scarcity)
Japanese
1 entries- 不足 verb (scarcity)
Macedonian
4 entries- глад verb (period when food is rare)
- недо́статок verb (period when food is rare)
- нема́штија verb (scarcity)
- оску́дица verb (period when food is rare)
Middle English
2 entries- derth verb (period when food is rare)
- derth verb (scarcity)
Māori
3 entries- kāhoretanga verb (scarcity)
- matekaitanga verb (period when food is rare)
- ngōuruuru verb (scarcity)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- hungersnød verb (period when food is rare)
- knapphet verb (scarcity)
- mangel verb (scarcity)
- matmangel verb (period when food is rare)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قلت verb (scarcity)
Persian
1 entries- قحطی verb (period when food is rare)
Polish
3 entries- brak verb (scarcity)
- głód verb (period when food is rare)
- niedostatek verb (period when food is rare)
Portuguese
3 entries- escassez verb (scarcity)
- falta verb (scarcity)
- fome verb (period when food is rare)
Russian
4 entries- го́лод verb (period when food is rare)
- дефици́т verb (period when food is rare)
- дефици́т verb (scarcity)
- недоста́ток verb (period when food is rare)
Slovak
3 entries- hlad verb (period when food is rare)
- nedostatok verb (period when food is rare)
- nedostatok verb (scarcity)
Spanish
4 entries- carestía verb (scarcity)
- cortedad verb (scarcity)
- escasez verb (scarcity)
- hambruna verb (period when food is rare)
Swedish
3 entries- brist verb (scarcity)
- hungersnöd verb (period when food is rare)
- knapphet verb (scarcity)
Tagalog
1 entries- kulang verb (scarcity)
Turkish
4 entries- azlık verb (scarcity)
- darlık verb (scarcity)
- kıtlık verb (period when food is rare)
- kıtlık verb (scarcity)
Ukrainian
4 entries- брак verb (scarcity)
- голод verb (period when food is rare)
- недостача verb (period when food is rare)
- нестача verb (scarcity)
Zazaki
4 entries- tayney verb (scarcity)
- tengey verb (scarcity)
- çınêbıyayey verb (scarcity)
- ğelay verb (period when food is rare)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Shortly thereafter, the dearth returned to the house.
Source: tatoeba (6130168)
There is a dearth of sentences involving the word "dearth" on Tatoeba.
Source: tatoeba (10243762)
There is a dearth of information as to Tom Jackson's brother John.
Source: tatoeba (10243764)
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