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thirsty (t̸hʉrs′tē)

adjective thirst′i·er, thirst′i·est

  1. feeling thirst; wanting to drink
    1. lacking water or moisture; dry; parched thirsty fields
    2. very absorbent
  3. Informal causing thirst thirsty work
  4. having a strong desire; craving

Etymology: ME thyrsti < OE thurstig

thirsty Related Forms
thirst′i·ly adverb thirst′i·ness noun
thirsty Synonyms

thirsty

modif.

dry, parched, arid, droughty, avid, eager, sharp-set, hankering for, burning for, craving, longing for, partial to, hungry for, keen, itching for, inclined to, bonedry*, dry as a bone*, dry as a gourd*, crazy for*, wild for*; see also hungry.

Antonyms satisfied*, full*, replete.

thirsty Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • extremely: When I had climbed high into the mountains I felt extremely thirsty.
  • very: The sun is getting hotter, making you very thirsty.
  • too: Read more | Healthy Living Are our children too thirsty to think?
  • quite: As I wasn't and was already quite thirsty, I gave it a miss.
  • particularly: But I didn't feel particularly thirsty, nor uncomfortable with the heat, so neither of those things made much difference.
  • so: Six o'clock arrived and, being so thirsty I was seeing cups of tea in the heat haze, I headed home.

Preposition: for

  • knowledge: People thirsty for knowledge regarding what was really going on in Indonesia began flocking to the Web.
  • blood: Swoff seems dangerous, but more due to being slightly unstable than a trained killing machine thirsty for human blood.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: Avoid serving salty foods since they make people thirsty.

Modifies a noun

  • traveler: A dusty, tired, thirsty traveler, far away from home, meets his cousin.
  • soul: A hungry heart He will fill, a thirsty soul He will satisfy.
  • land: And the parched ground shall become a watered place, and the thirsty land springs of water.
  • plant: They were pleased to note that less water thirsty plants were being used where possible.
  • visitor: A vine time in Rome A wine academy has opened in the Eternal City - and it caters to thirsty visitors.
  • tree: If anywhere near the house you don't want thirsty trees!

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: You feel yourself getting hungry, feeling thirsty, going to the toilet.
  • get: By the time we arrived at Luxembourg, Molly was starting to get thirsty.
  • become: Drink plenty of water, ideally before you become thirsty.
  • go: I don't think that is a hard decision, 10 years is too long to go thirsty.
  • grow: As time drew on the boys began to grow thirsty, and so approached a well said to have guarded by an old crone.
thirsty Quotes

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and yegaveme drink: Iwas a stranger, and yetook me in: Naked,and ye clothedme: Iwassick, and yevisited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Thy rebukehath brokenmy heart;Iam full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. They gave me gall to eat: and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

—Book of Common Prayer