'Thirsty' definitions:
Definition of 'thirsty'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"
adjective
Feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty" [ant: hungry]
adjective
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton" [syn: athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)]
adjective
Able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"
Definition of 'Thirsty'
From: GCIDE
- Thirsty \Thirst"y\, a. [Compar. Thirstier; superl. Thirstiest.] [AS. ?urstig. See Thirst, n.]
- 1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire. [1913 Webster]
- Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. --Judges iv. 19. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched. [1913 Webster]
- A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. --Ps. lxiii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thirsty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorbent,
- adsorbent,
- agog,
- anhydrous,
- anxious,
- ardent,
- arid,
- assimilative,
- athirst,
- avaricious,
- avid,
- bibulous,
- blotting,
- bone-dry,
- breathless,
- burning,
- chemisorptive,
- chemosorptive,
- consumed with desire,
- coveting,
- craving,
- dehydrated,
- desert,
- desirous,
- devoured by desire,
- digestive,
- droughty,
- dry,
- dry as dust,
- dusty,
- eager,
- endosmotic,
- exosmotic,
- fervid,
- greedy,
- hankering,
- high and dry,
- hungering,
- hungry,
- imbibitory,
- impatient,
- itching,
- juiceless,
- keen,
- like parchment,
- mad with lust,
- moistureless,
- osmotic,
- parched,
- prurient,
- ravenous,
- resorbent,
- Saharan,
- sandy,
- sapless,
- sere,
- soaking,
- sorbent,
- spongeous,
- spongy,
- thirsting,
- undamped,
- unwatered,
- voracious,
- waterless,
- yearning