17
hunger(noun, want, deprivation, appetite, scarcity)
16
malnutrition(noun, nutrition, deprivation, hunger, thinness)
15
famine(noun, pass, passion, desire, difficulty)
9
famishment(noun, passion, desire, craving, greed)
7
deprivation(noun, failure, want, need, disadvantage)
5
need(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
starving
5
lack(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
shortage(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
want(noun, pass, passion, desire, difficulty)
4
fasting(diet, fasting)
4
inanition(noun, insufficiency, hunger, undernourishment)
4
poverty(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
deficiency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
4
hungry
3
drought(noun, want, scarcity, insufficiency)
3
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
lack of food(noun, expression, idiom, deprivation, famine)
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