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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Or maybe this just shows how thirsty we are for a chance to turn away from current events for a moment.
From Los Angeles Times
Energy vampires are everywhere, thirsty for a selfie or a sound bite or a Zoom.
From Los Angeles Times
Swalwell, Porter and Steyer argued that there are faster and less expensive ways to collect and deliver water to thirsty parts of California.
From Los Angeles Times
“The iPad is on the dining room table. Feel free. But could you take CPU with you? Opening boxes makes her thirsty.”
From Literature
"I have been moving by foot... my head is severely in pain... we are thirsty."
From Barron's
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