Antonyms for thirsty
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : thur-stee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɜr sti |
Definition of thirsty
Origin :- Old English þurstig; see thirst (n.) + -y (2).
- adj dry, desirous (especially for liquid)
- 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
Synonyms for thirsty
- agog
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- arid
- athirst
- avid
- bone-dry
- breathless
- burning
- cottonmouthed
- craving
- crazy for
- dehydrated
- droughty
- dry as dust
- dying for
- eager
- greedy
- hankering
- hungry
- impatient
- inclined
- itching for
- juiceless
- keen
- longing
- lusting
- parched
- partial to
- sapless
- thirsting
- waterless
- wild for
- yearning
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