FAMISHMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

Synonyms:

famishment; starvation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("famishment" is a kind of...):

hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)

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