Dearth (n.) |
Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine. |
Dearth |
Family name |
Dearth |
Poem by Florence Earle Coates |
Dearth Synonyms |
Shortage, Famine |
Dearth Synonyms |
Paucity |
Dearth (Last Name / Surname) |
Dearth is the #12,881 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 2,389 people had that surname. |
Translations |
Dearth in Spanish |
Example Sentence (Quote) "A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers; There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears." - War |
Example Sentence (Quote) " Caused by a dearth of scandal should the vapors Distress our fair ones"”let them read the papers." - Journalism |
Example Sentence (Quote) " Out of the chill and the shadow, Into the thrill and the shine; Out of the dearth and the famine, Into the fulness divine." - Death |