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Webster 1913 Edition
Thirsty
1.
Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am
thirsty
. Judges iv. 19.
2.
Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
A dry and
thirsty
land, where no water is. Ps. lxiii. 1.
When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the
Or on the
thirsty
mountain pant. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thirsty
THIRST'Y
,Adj.
Give me a little water, for I am thirsty. Judges 4.
I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. Matt.25.
1.
Very dry; having no moisture; parched. The thirsty land shall become springs of water. Is.35.
2.
Having a vehement desire of any thing; as in blood-thirsty. Is.44. 65.Definition 2024
thirsty
thirsty
English
Adjective
thirsty (comparative thirstier, superlative thirstiest)
- Needing to drink.
- After all that work I am really thirsty.
- Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:
- I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty.
- 2004, Charlotte Williamson, Vehicle maintenance for women, ISBN 9781740454759:
- Invest in a water bottle: cycling can be thirsty work.
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- Craving something.
- I am thirsty for knowledge.
- After the president left office, the nation was thirsty for change.
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needing to drink
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