Definitions for: Thirsty

[adj] able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"
[adj] feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"
[adj] needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

Webster (1913) Definition: Thirst"y, a. [Compar. Thirstier; superl.
Thirstiest.] [AS. [thorn]urstig. See Thirst, n.]
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.

Synonyms: absorbent, absorptive, dry

Antonyms: hungry

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