famishment

Meanings

• the state of being in want of food, often to the point of illness or even death; extreme hunger

  - "Due to the conflict, many people are experiencing famishment."
  - "The famishment suffered by the population during the famine was devastating."
  - "The extreme famishment caused by the long drought left many communities struggling to survive."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with famishment
harness , marquis , parasol , tarras , warrants

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Homophones

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1. famine, fam, fama, famed, familar, famously, famulus
   

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Variants

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famish , famished , famishes , famishing , famishment , famishments

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Forms

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{"text"=>"famished (adjective)", "part_of_speech"=>"adjective"}, {"text"=>"famished (verb)", "part_of_speech"=>"verb"}, {"text"=>"famishment (noun)", "part_of_speech"=>"noun"}, {"text"=>"famishedly (adverb)", "part_of_speech"=>"adverb"}

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Etymology

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Old English famsen; related to fam, famine

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Related Concepts

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1. Malnutrition: A condition caused by a deficiency of essential nutrients, either due to inadequate food intake or due to the inability to absorb, digest, or utilize the nutrients effectively, leading to various health problems and impairments, depending on the severity and duration of the malnutrition, as well as the individual's age, sex, genetic makeup, underlying health conditions, and other factors that may influence the outcome and prognosis of the malnutrition.

2. Food Insecurity: A condition characterized by a lack of consistent access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food for an active and healthy life, due to various reasons, including financial constraints, inadequate food production and distribution systems, social and cultural factors, political instability, armed conflicts, natural disasters, and other factors that may cause food insecurity, with varying degrees and impacts, depending on the specific circumstances and context of each case.

3. Food Deserts: Areas, often urban or rural low-income communities, where access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food is limited or nonexistent due to various reasons, including lack of grocery stores, supermarkets, or farmers' markets, insufficient public transportation options to reach these food sources, inadequate infrastructure and utilities to enable food production and distribution, and other factors that may contribute to the creation and persistence of food deserts, with significant health, social, economic, and environmental consequences for the affected populations and communities.

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Culture

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[{"term"=>"The Last Supper", "description"=>"A famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the last meal that Jesus shared with his twelve apostles before his crucifixion. The painting is considered a masterpiece of Western art and is housed in the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy."}, {"term"=>"The Great Famine", "description"=>"A period of mass starvation, severe food shortages, and attendant widespread disease and death that affected the population of Ireland from approximately 1845 to 1852. The Great Famine, also known as the Irish Potato Famine or simply the Famine, was the most catastrophic event in modern Irish history and is considered one of the darkest periods in European history. The causes of the Great Famine were complex and multifaceted, but the primary causes are generally agreed upon by historians and scholars. These primary causes include the widespread planting and dependence on a single crop, the Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum), which was particularly susceptible to various blights and diseases, the most devastating of which was the late blight (Phytophthora infestans), a water-mold fungus that caused the potato crops to rot and decay, and the social, economic, and political conditions in Ireland during the mid-19th century, which made the population particularly vulnerable to the ravages of the Great Famine."}]

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