famine
noun [C or U] /ˈfæm.ɪn/Definition
C2 a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens: Another crop failure could result in widespread famine. There were reports of refugees dying of famine. Thousands of people emigrated during the Irish potato famine of 1845–46.Hungry and thirsty
(Definition of famine noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- (I'm so hungry), I could eat a horse idiom
- appetite noun (FOOD)
- be gasping idiom
- eat like a horse idiom
- famished adjective
- hunger noun (NEED FOR FOOD)
- make sb's mouth water idiom
- munchies noun
- on an empty stomach idiom
- peckish adjective
- smack your lips idiom
- starvation noun
- starved adjective
- starving adjective (NO FOOD)
- thirst noun (NEED FOR DRINK)
- thirsty adjective (NEED FOR DRINK)
- undernourished adjective
- voracious adjective
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