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noun
The property of being thirsty; thirst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hunger, hungriness, thirst
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desire
noun
a physiological need to drink
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: thirst
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drive
Narrower terms: dehydration, polydipsia
noun
a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: aridity, aridness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
History
Etymology tree English thirsty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English thirstiness From thirsty + -ness.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
