1
[ adjective ] needing moisture

Examples

"thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

Used in print

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

There was the suggestion of ice_water , and - in_spite of the protest `` We 're not really thirsty '' - Linda_Kay , to escape the stuffy air and the smothering soft voices , hurried to the kitchen .

Related terms

dry

2
[ adjective ] (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

Synonyms

hungry athirst

Examples

"athirst for knowledge" "hungry for recognition" "thirsty for information"

Related terms

desirous

3
[ adjective ] feeling a need or desire to drink

Examples

"after playing hard the children were thirsty"

Related terms

hungry dry

4
[ adjective ] able to take in large quantities of moisture

Examples

"thirsty towels"

Related terms

absorbent

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Rhymes with

bloodthirsty tasty testy hasty trusty twisty sixty gusty rusty dusty misty musty nasty lusty feisty trustee frosty christie crusty honesty dynasty modesty amnesty dishonesty travesty angioplasty majesty enlistee

Phonetic and Homophones

TH ER1 S T IY0

Similar Spelling

thirst thrust thirstily thirster throwster Thurston thruster throstle thrust_out thrash_out Thursday thrusting

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