thirsty

Meaning

Adj

1. Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
2. (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
3. (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
4. (figuratively) Craving something immaterial.
5. (figuratively, slang) Craving something immaterial.

Noun

1. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) One who is thirsty (for a drink, sex, alcohol, etc.).
2. (countable, uncountable) Thirst.

Synonyms

dry

thirst

parched

athirst

hungry

droughty

thirsting

desiccated

desirous

dumb

eager

irascible

parch

perish

perished

retentive

straight

urgent

‼️

dried-out

seeking water

parched with thirst

with parched lips

to be

adry

absorbent

absorptive

arid

brut

dead

💀

desiccate

Translations

durstig

assoiffé

assetato

dorstig

sediento

sedento

διψασμένος

عطشان

susamış

siccus

tî

assedegat

sitiens

com sede

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɝs.ti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thirsti

Inherited from Old English: þurstiġ

Cognate with Dutch: dorstig

Cognate with German: durstig

In summary

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