Meaning of thirsty in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    thirsty

    Definitions

    1. needing moisture

    Examples

    • « thirsty fields under a rainless sky »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. able to take in large quantities of moisture

    Examples

    • « thirsty towels »

    Synonyms

  3. Qualitative Adjective

    thirsty

    Definitions

    1. feeling a need or desire to drink

    Examples

    • « after playing hard the children were thirsty »

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

Famous quotes

  • « If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. »
    Sophocles
  • « It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. »
    Aristotle
  • « When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science. »
    Anton Chekhov
  • « We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. »
    Salvador Dali

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