DROUGHT

drought, drouth

(noun) a shortage of rainfall; “farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”

drought, drouth

(noun) a prolonged shortage; “when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

drought (countable and uncountable, plural droughts)

A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

(by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

Synonyms

• losing streak

Antonyms

• winning streak

Source: Wiktionary

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Drought, n. Etym: [OE. droght, drougth, dru, AS. druga, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound.]

1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.

2. Thirst; want of drink. Johnson.

3. Scarcity; lack. A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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