thirsty
Americanadjective
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feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
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needing moisture, as land; parched; dry or arid.
the thirsty soil.
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eagerly desirous; eager.
thirsty for news.
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causing thirst.
Digging is thirsty work.
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Slang.
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eager for attention or approval.
thirsty celebrities.
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desperate for affection, sex, or sexual attention.
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adjective
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feeling a desire to drink
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dry; arid
the thirsty soil
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(foll by for) feeling an eager desire
thirsty for information
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causing thirst
thirsty work
Other Word Forms
- nonthirsty adjective
- thirstily adverb
- thirstiness noun
- unthirsty adjective
Etymology
Origin of thirsty
First recorded before 950; Middle English thirsti, Old English thyrstig; akin to Dutch dorstig, German durstig, Sanskrit tṛṣita “thirsty,” from the Proto-Indo-European root ters-, tṛs- “dry,” from which Latin terra (from unattested tersa ) “(dry) land” derives
Example Sentences
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"If these things get larger and larger and more thirsty, then something has to give," Ghi said.
From Barron's
First I got hungry, then I got thirsty.
From Literature
I was so thirsty I drank water from a horse’s trough.
From Literature
“The market is so, so thirsty for a narrative to hold on to,” Antonelli said.
You’re thirsty; someone was nice enough to give you a Mountain Dew—drink it!
From Literature
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