| ADJECTIVE | all | thirsty | needing moisture |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | Needing moisture. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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