Noun: famine fa-min
- A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
"The prolonged drought led to a devastating famine in the region"
- An acute insufficiency
"The famine caused widespread starvation in the region";
- dearth, shortage
Derived forms: famines
Type of: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, deficiency, disaster, lack, tragedy, want
Encyclopedia: Famine, Affluence and Morality