thirsty

Speech parts

1. thirsty - Noun

2. thirsty - Adjective

3. thirsty - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

athirst hungry parched horny sere DRY hot burning keen eager enthusiastic baked arid drier anxious

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Antonyms

cold cool WET passive satisfied humid

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Phrases with the word

I am thirsty I'm thirsty thirsty soul thirsty bird be thirsty

Derivatives

thirstier thirstiest

Anagrams

thristy

Examples

Drinking when not thirsty and making love all the time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from other animals. Pierre Beaumarchais

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. Salvador Dalí

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. Sophocles

Remember to dig the well long before you get thirsty. Chinese Proverb

Thirsty men make good prophets. Bulgarian Proverb

The hungry dream of bread, the thirsty of water. Armenian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

thirstle thirstless thirstlessness thirsty bird thirsty soul Thirsty Thursday