thirsty

Formsthirstier, thirstiest

Pluralthirsties

1. 1
   adjective

   Feeling that you want or need to drink something.

   Like a dry plant that needs watering.

   After the long walk, the kids were thirsty and asked for water.

   I always get thirsty when I eat salty food.

   Similarparched, dry, dehydrated

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2. 2
   adjectiveslangfiguratively

   Wanting sex very much, or clearly showing that you want it.

   Her comments online made it obvious she was thirsty for him.

   He left a string of thirsty messages under the model's photos.

   Similarhorny

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3. 3
   adjectivefiguratively

   Wanting something very much, like fame, power, or attention.

   Like being thirsty for water, but the thing you want is success instead.

   The young writer was thirsty for fame and worked day and night.

   After years of defeat, the team was thirsty for a win.

   Similarhungry, eager, avid, greedy, desperate

   Oppositeindifferent

4. 4
   adjectiveeuphemistic

   Craving an alcoholic drink, or feeling unwell from needing one.

   By evening the old sailor was thirsty and poured himself another whiskey.

   Two days sober, he woke up shaky and thirsty for a drink.

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5. 5
   adjectivecolloquial

   Making you feel that you need a drink.

   Shoveling snow all morning is thirsty work.

   The long, dry hike was thirsty going under the hot sun.

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6. 6
   nounplural

   A person who feels a need to drink, or who craves drink, alcohol, or sex.

   The thirsty gathered around the well at noon.

   Volunteers handed out water to the thirsty after the race.

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7. 7
   noununcountable

   The feeling of needing to drink.

   There is a thirsty that is not for the belly. There is a thirsty for land that belong to we."

   1948, Esther Warner, New Song in a Strange LandHere, thirsty means thirst, a strong need, so a longing for land.

   The captain would have to spend all his fortune trying to quench the Dark tenant's thirsty. A thirsty that has spanned thousands of years and never been quenched. Provide for his lusts!

   2012, Joyce Bethwane, You Are Not Your OwnHere, thirsty means thirst, a deep need that is never satisfied.

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