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Dearth

noun

Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.nounA period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.

2.noun(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.

3.nounDearness; the quality of being rare or costly.

Synonyms

famine shortage lack paucity scarcity penury poverty deficit deficiency inadequacy insufficiency shortcoming

Rhymes With

mirth berth earth rebirth unearth birth give birth girth

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