ADJECTIVE | all | thirsty | needing moisture |
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all | thirsty | feeling a need or desire to drink | |
all | thirsty, athirst, hungry | (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous | |
all | thirsty | able to take in large quantities of moisture |
Sounds | ther'stiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | Needing moisture. | |
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Example | "thirsty fields under a rainless sky" | |
Broader | dry | Free from liquid / liquid or moisture |
Spanish | sediento | |
Catalan | assedegat | |
Nouns | thirstiness | a deficiency / deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) |
Meaning | Feeling a need or desire to drink. | |
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Example | "after playing hard the children were thirsty" | |
Opposite | hungry | Feeling hunger |
Spanish | sediento | |
Catalan | assedegat | |
Nouns | thirst, thirstiness | a physiological need to drink |
Adverbs | thirstily | in a thirsty manner |
Meaning | (usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous. | |
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Example | "thirsty for informaton" | |
Synonyms | athirst, hungry | |
Broader | desirous, wishful | Having or expressing desire for something |
Nouns | thirst, thirstiness | strong desire for something (not food or drink) |
Adverbs | thirstily | with eagerness |
Meaning | able to take in large quantities of moisture. | |
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Example | "thirsty towels" | |
Broader | absorbent, absorptive | Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids / liquids or energy etc.) |
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