Starvation

//stɑɹˈveɪʃən//

Synonyms for "starvation" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

absence abstemious abstinence abstinence from food ascetic asphyxiation austere beggary choke choking defectiveness deficiency deficit deprivation destitution drought drowning dwarfed

Strong matches (27)

dwarfish exiguous famine fasting frugal hunger imperfection impoverished impoverishment incompleteness jejune killing lack lean lenten limited liver death meager mean megadeath

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miserly narrow need niggardly omission

Noun(2 words)

famishment inanition

Related words (44)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

deprivation hunger hungriness privation

causes

2 entries

death hunger

causes desire

2 entries

eat quickly kill

derived

4 entries

mass starvation rabbit starvation starvation marrow starvation wage

derived from

1 entries

starve

is a

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disease horrible thing hunger painful way to die privation

related to

6 entries

nutrition resource shortage starve starving suffer

Translations

52 translations across 33 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

تَضَوُّر جُوعاً noun (condition)

Armenian

2 entries

սով noun (condition)
սովամահություն noun (condition)

Bulgarian

1 entries

глад noun (condition)

Catalan

1 entries

inanició noun (condition)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

糧荒 /粮荒 noun (condition)
飢餓 /饥饿 noun (condition)
餓死 /饿死 noun (condition)

Danish

2 entries

hunger noun (condition)
sult noun (condition)

Dutch

1 entries

uithongering noun (condition)

Esperanto

1 entries

malsatego noun (condition)

Finnish

3 entries

nälkiintyminen noun (condition)
nälkään nääntyminen noun (condition)
nääntyminen noun (condition)

French

3 entries

faim noun (condition)
famine noun (condition)
inanition noun (condition)

Galician

1 entries

inanición noun (condition)

German

2 entries

Hunger noun (condition)
Verhungern noun (condition)

Hungarian

2 entries

koplalás noun (condition)
éhezés noun (condition)

Irish

1 entries

gorta noun (condition)

Italian

1 entries

fame noun (condition)

Japanese

1 entries

飢餓 noun (condition)

Korean

2 entries

굶주림 noun (condition)
기근 noun (condition)

Latin

1 entries

inēdia noun (condition)

Lithuanian

1 entries

badas noun (condition)

Navajo

1 entries

dichin noun (condition)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sult noun (condition)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

svolt noun (condition)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Hungaschnoot noun (condition)

Polish

1 entries

wygłodzenie noun (condition)

Portuguese

1 entries

inanição noun (condition)

Romanian

1 entries

foamete noun (condition)

Russian

2 entries

го́лод noun (condition)
голода́ние noun (condition)

Spanish

4 entries

carpanta noun (condition)
hambrazón noun (condition)
hambreada noun (condition)
hambrina noun (condition)

Swedish

1 entries

svält noun (condition)

Turkish

1 entries

açlık noun (condition)

Ukrainian

2 entries

го́лод noun (condition)
голодува́ння noun (condition)

Uzbek

1 entries

ochlik noun (condition)

Welsh

1 entries

newyn noun (condition)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.

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The poor cat was on the verge of starvation.

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The poor child was on the verge of starvation.

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Many children die of starvation in Africa.

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