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 Definitions of thirsty  [ˈθɜr sti]  

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Definition of 'thirsty' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) thirsty
having thirst; craving liquid.

2.  thirsty
needing moisture; parched:
the thirsty soil.

3.  thirsty
eagerly desirous.

4.  thirsty
causing thirst:
Digging is thirsty work.

Etymology:  (bef. 950; ME thirsti, OE thyrstig, der. of thurstthirst)

Definition of 'thirsty' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) thirsty
needing moisture
"thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

2. (adj) thirsty
feeling a need or desire to drink
"after playing hard the children were thirsty"

3. (adj) athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
"athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"

4. (adj) thirsty
able to take in large quantities of moisture
"thirsty towels"


Definition of 'thirsty' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) thirsty
feeling the need to drink
I'm thirsty.; thirsty joggers


Definition of 'thirsty' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) thirsty
feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire

2. (noun) thirsty
deficient in moisture; dry; parched


Translation of 'thirsty' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: suffering from thirst
I'm so thirsty; – I must have a drink.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dors Arabic flag Arabic: عَطْشان Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жаден
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sequioso Czech flag Czech: žíznivý German flag German: durstig
Danish flag Danish: tørstig Greek flag Greek: διψασμένος Spanish flag Spanish: sediento
Estonian flag Estonian: janune Farsi flag Farsi: تشنه Finnish flag Finnish: janoinen
French flag French: assoiffé Hebrew flag Hebrew: צָמֵא Hindi flag Hindi: प्यासा, पिपासु
Croatian flag Croatian: žedan Hungarian flag Hungarian: szomjas Indonesian flag Indonesian: haus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þyrstur Italian flag Italian: assetato Japanese flag Japanese: のどが渇いた
Korean flag Korean: 목마른 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ištroškęs Latvian flag Latvian: izslāpis
Malay flag Malay: dahaga Dutch flag Dutch: dorstig Norwegian flag Norwegian: tørst
Polish flag Polish: spragniony Portuguese flag Portuguese: sequioso Romanian flag Romanian: însetat
Russian flag Russian: испытывать жажду Slovak flag Slovak: smädný, vysmädnutý Slovenian flag Slovenian: žejen
Serbian flag Serbian: žedan Swedish flag Swedish: törstig Thai flag Thai: ที่กระหายน้ำ
Turkish flag Turkish: susamış, susuz Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 渴的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: той, що хоче пити
Urdu flag Urdu: پياسا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khát Chinese flag Chinese: 渴的

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