starvation

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Severe shortage of resources.
3. (countable, uncountable) A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work.

Sinonieme

famine

hunger

hungriness

starving

scarcity

death from hunger

inanition

famishment

shortage

craving

thirst

abstinence

destitution

dearth

poorness

refraining

restraint

hunger-strike

starving to death

hunger and thirst

becoming exhausted

running dry

malnutrition

poverty

shortage of food

feed deprivation

food deprivation

food restriction

nestia

fames

fasting

exhaustion

drying up

illness

nesteia

lack

need

Vertalings

inanición

inedia

famine

inanição

inanition

fame

açlık

Hungern

Verhungern

hambre

Hungertod

Hungersnot

Hunger

faim

جوع

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɑɹˈveɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

From starve + -ation.