Desire and Famine

Desire

Desire noun - A strong wish for something.

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Famine and desire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Famine" instead a noun "Desire".

Nearby Words: desirous, desirable, desired, desiring, Desiree

Famine noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.

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Desire and famine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desire" instead a noun "Famine".

Nearby Word: famished

good	good desire	good famine
natural	natural desire	natural famine
simple	simple desire	simple famine
real	real desire	real famine
Other adjectives: constant, extreme, secret, new, sudden.

Those who view the act as an outright genocide argue that Britain purposely made the famine worse than it was out of a desire to reduce the number of Irishmen in Britain.

Source: Would Be Rude to Say "Genocide"
The Wendigo from the Marvel Universe, itself based on Native American myths; according to the folklore, those who resorted to cannibalism in times of famine would be transformed into giants with hearts made of ice and an insatiable desire for human flesh.

Source: The Punishment
Conquest has the power to instill the desire to rule over all things in humans within his vicinity; War, to instill bloodlust; Famine, to instill hunger to the point of the victims eating anything (including human flesh); Death, to drain the life-force from everything in her immediate area.

Source: Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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