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Definition of Thirsty

1. Adjective. Needing moisture. "Thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

2. Adjective. Feeling a need or desire to drink. "After playing hard the children were thirsty"

3. Adjective. (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous. "Thirsty for informaton"

4. Adjective. Able to take in large quantities of moisture. "Thirsty towels"

Definition of Thirsty

1. a. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

Definition of Thirsty

1. Adjective. Needing to drink. ¹

2. Adjective. Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink. ¹

3. Adjective. Craving something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thirsty

1. feeling a desire or need to drink [adj THIRSTIER, THIRSTIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirsty

thirst fever thirst for knowledge thirsted thirster thirsters thirsteth thirstier thirstiest thirstily thirstiness

thirstinesses thirsting thirstland thirstless thirsts thirsty (current term) thirsty(p) thirsty work thirteen thirteen hundred

thirteenfold thirteenish thirteenness thirteenpence thirteenpenny thirteens thirteenth thirteenthly thirteenths thirties

Literary usage of Thirsty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1887)
"And again when the husbandman conducts water down the slope to restore his thirsty crops, " That, falling, makes a hoarse murmur among the smooth rocks, ..."

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