Synonyms for inanition
Most common
starvation cachexia famishment lethargy slackness emptiness exhaustion
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Starvation — A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them…
3. Emptiness — the act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
- n. 2
A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.
- n. 3
A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.
Forms
- Plural
- inanitions → starvations, cachexiae, famishments, lethargies…
Example sentences
- starvation We've saved dozens of children from starvation.
- lethargy Lethargy is a common symptom of that disease.
- emptiness One sometimes looks around and sees only emptiness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inanition | falling | |
| starvation | steady | |
| cachexia | rising | |
| famishment | steady | |
| lethargy | rising | |
| slackness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- emptying3, lethargy3, cachexia
- 9 letters
- emptiness3, slackness2, lassitude
- 10 letters
- starvation3, exhaustion3, famishment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (emptying3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inanition
- Deutsch
- Entkräftung