thirsty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite needing moisture
    • thirsty fields under a rainless sky
  2. adjective feeling a need or desire to drink
    • after playing hard the children were thirsty
  3. adjective satellite (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
    athirst; hungry.
    • athirst for knowledge
    • hungry for recognition
    • thirsty for informaton
  4. adjective satellite able to take in large quantities of moisture
    • thirsty towels

WordNet

Thirst"y adjective
Etymology
AS. urstig. See Thirst, n.
Wordforms
comparative Thirstier ; superlative Thirstiest
Definitions
  1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
    Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. Judges iv. 19.
  2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
    A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Ps. lxiii. 1.
    When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant. Addison.

Webster 1913