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Synonyms for thirsty


Grammar : Adj
Spell : thur-stee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɜr sti

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Définition of thirsty

Origin :
  • Old English þurstig; see thirst (n.) + -y (2).
  • adj dry, desirous (especially for liquid)
Example sentences :
  • It seems to me as if I could drink it all the time, I am so thirsty.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Leaving me here hungry and thirsty and tired, to starve, for anything they care!
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Nor,' said Little Dorrit, as he softly put her glass towards her, 'nor thirsty.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • It had a blemish, in the nature of currant jelly, on its chin; and was a thirsty child.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • He did not move, but sat staring at her like a thirsty man drinking.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • I know how to make them hungry and thirsty and I've got a balloon that I can blow up—see?
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • "Yes, and they get thirsty watching them, too," said Pee-wee.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • One day he came to drink from a fountain with some thirsty doves who were his friends.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • Men can be to other men as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond

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