thirsty (ˈθɜːstɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: thirstier, thirstiest
- feeling a desire to drink
- dry; arid ⇒
the thirsty soil
- (foll by for) feeling an eager desire ⇒
thirsty for information
- causing thirst ⇒
thirsty work
Alternative Forms
ˈthirstily adverb ˈthirstiness nounSynonyms
View thesaurus entry= eager for longing for
hungry for,
dying for yearning for
lusting for,
craving for,
thirsting for burning for hankering for itching for greedy for
desirous of,
avid for athirst for
Translations
- British English:
thirsty
If you are thirsty, you feel a need to drink something.Drink whenever you feel thirsty.ˈθɜːstɪ ADJECTIVE Drink whenever you feel thirsty.
- Spanish:
sediento
adj sedienta
- French:
assoiffé
adj
- German:
durstig
adj
- Chinese: 渴的 adj
- Arabic: ظَمْآن adj
- Portuguese: com sede adj
- Russian: испытывающий жажду adj испытывающая жажду
- Croatian: žedan adj žedna
- Czech: žíznivý adj
- Danish: tørstig adj
- Dutch: dorstig adj
- Finnish: janoinen adj
- Greek: διψασμένος adj διψασμένη
- Italian: assetato adj assetata
- Japanese: のどが渇いた no_posp
- Korean: 목마른 adj
- Norwegian: tørst adj
- Polish: spragniony adj spragniona
- Brazilian Portuguese: com sede adj
- European Spanish:
sediento
adj sedienta
- Swedish: törstig adj törstigt
- Thai: ที่กระหายน้ำ adj
- Turkish: susuz adj
- Vietnamese: khát adj
Usage examples
A major quake in 1948 had erased a gentler Ashkhabad - once just a Russian garrison town in a thirsty land.
, Somewhere East of Life (1994)Medals and citations cannot feed mouths, quench thirsty throats.
India Today (1997)Energy companies involved are hoping that Canadian gas could be flowing south to energy thirsty U. S. markets by the end of the decade.
canada.com (2004)Crisps are loaded with fat and salt and they make children thirsty.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Derek had dark hair and a dark complexion and tended to be often thirsty with dry lips and a dry cough.
, Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache (1990)