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thirsty

adj
/ˈθɝs.ti/US/ˈθɜːs.ti/UK

Etymology

From Middle English thirsty, from Old English þurstiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstug. Equivalent to thirst + -y. Cognate with Dutch dorstig, German durstig.

  1. inherited from *þurstug✻
  2. inherited from þurstiġ
  3. inherited from thirsty

Definitions

  1. Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.

    • After all that work in the hot sun, I am really thirsty.
    • Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’

  2. Craving alcohol

    Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.

    • After all that work on a stupidly maintained spreadsheet, I am really thirsty.
    • Q: What's with John today? He seems off his game. A: He's pretty thirsty, I think.

  3. Causing thirst

    Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.

    • Marching is thirsty work.
    • I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty.
    • Invest in a water bottle: cycling can be thirsty work.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Craving something immaterial.

      • thirsty for knowledge
      • thirsty for attention
      • After the president left office, the nation was thirsty for change.

    2. One who is thirsty (for a drink, sex, alcohol, etc.).

      • A thirsty looking for a draught of water finds a welcome sea of water.
      • Another way to limit the use of thirsty plants […] Here small beds of flowers, azaleas, and other "thirsties" could be grown satisfactorily.

    3. Thirst.

      • There is a thirsty that is not for the belly. There is a thirsty for land that belong to we."
      • The captain would have to spend all his fortune trying to quench the Dark tenant's thirsty. A thirsty that has spanned thousands of years and never been quenched. Provide for his lusts!
      • Afterwards Marguerite declared herself super-hungry, and also thirsty. 'Not super-thirsty, Regular thirsty. Let's say a thirsty that has worked out, learned martial arts and designed its own bat-suit. But definitely super-hunggry.

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Derived

bloodthirsty, I'm thirsty, thirsty work, thungry

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for thirsty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA