thirsty
eagerly desirous; eager: thirsty for news.
causing thirst: Digging is thirsty work.
Slang.
eager for attention or approval: thirsty celebrities.
desperate for affection, sex, or sexual attention.
Origin of thirsty
1Other words from thirsty
- thirst·i·ly, adverb
- thirst·i·ness, noun
- non·thirst·y, adjective
- un·thirst·y, adjective
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How to use thirsty in a sentence
The only other halt made was at the crossing of the first water, a clear, swift brook, where both horses and men drank thirstily.
The Man of the Forest | Zane Grey"That waiter gets around like a Langley flying machine," remarked the man from Topaz City, thirstily.
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryEloise succeeded in choking down a few morsels, but drank thirstily.
The Devil's Own | Randall ParrishStrolling ruminantly on the promenade at Nice, Caryll's heart turned thirstily toward the giver of oblivion.
The Tigress | Anne WarnerHe took her hand—both hands—in his and gazed thirstily into her eyes—a serene violet-blue.
The Tigress | Anne Warner
British Dictionary definitions for thirsty
/ (ˈθɜːstɪ) /
feeling a desire to drink
dry; arid: the thirsty soil
(foll by for) feeling an eager desire: thirsty for information
causing thirst: thirsty work
Derived forms of thirsty
- thirstily, adverb
- thirstiness, noun
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