The meaning of Thirsting

Thirsting – definition

verb
Have a strong desire for something.
Usage examples:
An opponent thirsting for revenge
Synonims:
Crave Want Covet Desire Hunger for/after Lust for/after Hanker for/after Have one's heart set on Wish Long Have a longing Yearn Be hungry Be itching Pant Be desperate Be consumed with desire
verb
Feel a need to drink something.
Usage examples:
A few could drink while many thirsted

noun
A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.
Usage examples:
They quenched their thirst with spring water

phrasal verb
To feel very strongly that you want and need a particular thing
Usage examples:
To be thirsting for justice/truth/adventure

Thirsting translation into English

Thirsting: translate from English into Chinese

口渴, 感到口渴

Thirsting: translate from English into Dutch

Dorstig, Dorsten

Thirsting: translate from English into French

Soif, Avoir soif, Avoir la pépie, Être altéré de sang

Thirsting: translate from English into German

Durstig, Dursten, Lechzen

Thirsting: translate from English into Hindi

प्यासी, पीने चहना, ललचना, लालायित होना

Thirsting: translate from English into Italian

Assetato

Thirsting: translate from English into Korean

갈증, 목마르다, 갈망하다

Thirsting: translate from English into Russian

Жаждущий, Жаждать, Хотеть пить

Thirsting: translate from English into Spanish

Sediento

Word origin

Old English thurst (noun), thyrstan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorst, dorsten and German Durst, dürsten .

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Thirsting – similar words

thirstful

adjective
Feeling a need to drink; thirsty.

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thirsted

verb
Have a strong desire for something.
Usage examples:
An opponent thirsting for revenge

noun
A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.
Usage examples:
They quenched their thirst with spring water

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thirst

noun
A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.
Usage examples:
They quenched their thirst with spring water

verb
Have a strong desire for something.
Usage examples:
An opponent thirsting for revenge

noun
The need or desire to drink something, esp. water
Usage examples:
He took a long drink of water to quench his thirst., she slaked her thirst for knowledge by reading…

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Thirsting synonims

covet

verb
Yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another).
Usage examples:
I covet one of their smart bags

noun
Wish, long, or crave for

verb
To want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else
Usage examples:
She always coveted power but never quite achieved it., the booker prize is the most coveted british…

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crave

verb
Feel a powerful desire for (something).
Usage examples:
If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

verb
To desire something strongly
Usage examples:
The neglected kids just crave attention.

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desire

noun
A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
Usage examples:
He resisted public desires for choice in education

verb
Strongly wish for or want (something).
Usage examples:
He never achieved the status he so desired

noun
A strong feeling of wanting something, or something you want
Usage examples:
[ u ] he claims to have no desire for wealth., [ c ] she expressed a desire to speak with her attor…

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long

adjective
Measuring a great distance from end to end.
Usage examples:
A long corridor

adverb
(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good ).

verb
Have a strong wish or desire.
Usage examples:
She longed for a little more excitement

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pant

verb
Breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement.
Usage examples:
He was panting when he reached the top

noun
A short, quick breath.
Usage examples:
Robyn was breathing rather fast, in shallow pants

noun
Underpants or knickers.

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want

verb
Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
Usage examples:
I want an apple

noun
A lack or deficiency of something.
Usage examples:
Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

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wish

verb
Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.
Usage examples:
We wished for peace

noun
A desire or hope for something to happen.
Usage examples:
The union has reiterated its wish for an agreement

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yearn

verb
Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.
Usage examples:
She yearned for a glimpse of him

verb
To desire something strongly, esp. something difficult or impossible to obtain
Usage examples:
[ + to infinitive ] joy yearns to earn enough money from her job as a doctor’s assistant for her to…

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