The meaning of Thirsty

adjective

Thirsty.

Usage examples:

… he always thought that god in his goodness had created the plant to give drink to such as were at…

adjective

Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.

Usage examples:

An avid reader of science fiction

adjective

Extremely eager or interested

Usage examples:

Knowles is an avid runner and cross-country skier., we listened avidly to the news from our secret …

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

A powerful desire for something.

Usage examples:

A craving for chocolate

verb

Feel a powerful desire for (something).

Usage examples:

If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

noun

A strong or uncontrollable desire

Usage examples:

We had a craving for zucchini bread.

adjective

Having lost a large amount of water from the body.

Usage examples:

His body temperature was high and he had become dehydrated

verb

Cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water.

Usage examples:

The heat dehydrated us even when we stood still

adjective

Not having the normal amount of water in your body so that you feel ill or weak

adjective

Having or characterized by desire.

Usage examples:

The pope was desirous of peace in europe

adjective

Wanting something

Usage examples:

The duke is desirous of meeting you.

adjective

Characterized by a drought or lack of rain.

Usage examples:

A frosty spring and droughty summer combined to give virginia its worst apple harvest in 20 years

adjective

Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.

Usage examples:

The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun

(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.

Usage examples:

The dry facts of the matter

verb

Free from liquid or moisture

adjective

On the point of death.

Usage examples:

He visited his dying mother

verb

(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living.

Usage examples:

He died of tuberculosis

Present participle of die

adjective

Strongly wanting to do or have something.

Usage examples:

The man was eager to please

adjective

Having or showing desire or interest

Usage examples:

Lots of eager volunteers responded to the appeal for help.

verb

Catch one's breath with an open mouth, owing to pain or astonishment.

Usage examples:

A woman gasped in horror at the sight of him

noun

A convulsive catching of breath.

Usage examples:

His breath was coming in gasps

verb

Present participle of gasp

Usage examples:

When she saw the money hidden in the box she gasped in surprise., [ + speech ] "help me!" he gasped…

adjective

Having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

Usage examples:

He's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig

adjective

Wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need

Usage examples:

Greedy, selfish people, he's greedy for power/success., they tested the algorithm against the so-ca…

noun

A strong desire to have or do something.

Usage examples:

A hankering for family life

verb

Feel a strong desire for or to do something.

Usage examples:

He hankered after a lost golden age

noun

A strong wish

Usage examples:

Have a hankering for don't you ever have a hankering for a different lifestyle?

adjective

Feeling or showing the need for food.

Usage examples:

I was feeling ravenously hungry

adjective

Feeling the need to eat because there has been a period of time when you have not eaten

Usage examples:

The children are always hungry when they get home from school., they were poor and often went to be…

suffix

Having a great need or wish for the stated thing

Usage examples:

Capital-/cash-/money-hungry, energy-/power-hungry the energy-hungry transportation sector was weak …

verb

Be the site of or cause an itch.

Usage examples:

The bite itched like crazy

noun

An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.

Usage examples:

But shortly after ben began eating his lunch, his child-care provider noticed he seemed to be tryin…

noun

An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.

Usage examples:

But shortly after ben began eating his lunch, his child-care provider noticed he seemed to be tryin…

noun

A yearning desire.

Usage examples:

Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days

adjective

Having or showing a yearning desire.

Usage examples:

Her longing eyes

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Usage examples:

She longed for a little more excitement

verb

Have strong sexual desire for someone.

Usage examples:

He really lusted after me in those days

noun

Strong sexual desire.

Usage examples:

He knew that his lust for her had returned

noun

Strong desire

Usage examples:

A lust for power and fame, cathie has been lusting for my job for a long time.

adjective

Dried out with heat.

Usage examples:

The parched earth

verb

Make or become dry through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A piece of grassland parched by the sun

adjective

Feeling a need to drink; thirsty.

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

phrasal verb

To feel very strongly that you want and need a particular thing

Usage examples:

To be thirsting for justice/truth/adventure

noun

A feeling of intense longing for something.

Usage examples:

He felt a yearning for the mountains

adjective

Involving or expressing yearning.

Usage examples:

A yearning hope

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