Meaning of thirsty(p) in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    thirsty(p)

    Definitions

    1. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

    Examples

    • « athirst for knowledge »
    • « hungry for recognition »
    • « thirsty for informaton »

    Synonyms

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
  • « 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
  • « 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
  • « It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. »
    Aristotle

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