Thirsty

Definition: Thirsty

Thirsty

Adjective

1. Needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky".

2. Feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty".

3. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton".

4. Able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels".

Date "thirsty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Note: Thirsty \Thirst"y\, adjective. [Comparative Thirstier; superlative Thirstiest.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Tips from 1870	Usage: Dry, Thirsty. Dry is often incorrectly used in the sense of thirsty; as, "I am dry; let me have a glass of water." To say, "I am dry; my waterproof and umbrella kept out the rain," is correct. Source: Slips of Speech.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Thirsty

Synonyms: athirst(p) (adj), hungry(p) (adj), thirsty(p) (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: hungry (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Desire	Adjective: desirous; desiring; Verb: inclined; (willing); partial to; fain, wishful, optative; anxious, wistful, curious; at a loss for, sedulous, solicitous. craving, hungry, sharp-set, peckish, ravening, with an empty stomach, esurient, lickerish, thirsty, athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger, famished, dry, drouthy; hungry as a hunter, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a church mouse, hungry as a bear.
Drunkenness	Drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber, wine-bibber, lush; hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker; soaker, sponge, tun; love pot, toss pot; thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian; Bacchal, Bacchante; devotee to Bacchus; bum, guzzler, tavern haunter.
Killing	Adjective: killing. Verb: murderous, slaughterous; sanguinary, sanguinolent; blood stained, blood thirsty; homicidal, red handed; bloody, bloody minded; ensanguined, gory; thuggish.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Thirsty

English words defined with "thirsty": Adry ♦ Droughty ♦ Inthirst ♦ thirstily, Thirstiness. (references)

Specialty definitions using "thirsty": BEAST ♦ CHAPT, Coals of Fire, Crack a Bottle ♦ SPARK ♦ Tea, Thirst, TICKLE PITCKEB. (references)

Etymologies containing "thirsty": Insitency. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Now, since it was all free, and I wasn't hungry but thirsty, I must've drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) Boy, these pretzels are makin' me thirsty! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) You are one tall glass of water and I'm thirsty. (Juwanna Mann; writing credit: Bradley Allenstein) Feed soda pop to the thirsty pigs (The Beast of Yucca Flats; writing credit: Coleman Francis) We are - hehe - not thirsty. (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman)
Lyrics	If your lips feel lonely and thirsty (Kiss the Rain; performing artist: Billie Myers) I'll be the water when you get thirsty, baby (I'll Be There For You; performing artist: Bon Jovi) And drank til I was thirsty again (If It Makes You Happy; performing artist: Sheryl Crow) I'm thirsty (Chain Gang; performing artist: The Nylons) I let my thirsty boots wander all over (Bath Of Fire; performing artist: The Presidents)
Clever	Dig a well before you are thirsty. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)
Tongue Twisters	Thursdays are thirsty days for lethargic Ruth and Thelma. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	The Thirsty Dead (1974) Never on Thirsty (1970) Dry and Thirsty (1920) Thirsty (2000) Latin America: The Thirsty Cities (1993)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Dog Is Thirsty (reference) Letters to the Thirsty (reference) The Thirsty Muse: Alcohol and the American Writer (reference) The Woman's Book of Spirit: Meditations for the Thirsty Soul (reference) Thirsty (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Blood Thirsty (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Melting Snow / Thirsty Flowers (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	New uses for cornstarch continue to surprise us. for example, when ARS scientists married starch to a synthetic chemical, they managed to create a product so thirsty, it could absorb hundreds of times its own weight in water. Someone called it SuperSlurper, and the name stuck. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		It's not that thirsty yet!. Credit: Library of Congress.
	A thirsty crowd. Credit: Library of Congress.		Thirsty men at a well. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Aristotle	It's best to rise from life like a banquet, neither thirsty or drunken.
Chinese Proverb	Dig a well before you are thirsty.
Pierre De Beaumarchais	Drinking, when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	When he regained consciousness he was thirsty.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	They were universally a thirsty race
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Too much sodium makes you thirsty. (references)
		Avoid salt. Salty foods make you thirsty and make your body hold water. (references)
		Again, you should drink fluids only when you are thirsty and not at other times. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Thirsty" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thirsty" is used about 289 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	289	17,124

Expressions using "thirsty": be thirsty ♦ be thirsty after ♦ be thirsty for ♦ become thirsty ♦ feel thirsty ♦ i am thirsty. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "thirsty": blood-thirsty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "thirsty"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		dors. (various references)

Albanian		i tharë (blasted, bone dry, dried, dried up, dry, gaunt, husky, jerked, jerky, parched, rough-dry, withered), i etur (agog, dry, eager, keen, parched, rapacious, ravenous, solicitous, voracious, wistful). (various references)

Arabic		‏متوق, ‏متعطش (parching), ‏تواق (anxious, craving, forward, hungry, longing, raring, solicitous, striven, studious, wishful, wistful), ‏ظمآن (parched), ‏ظامئ (dry). (various references)

Aymara		pharjaña (to be thirsty). (various references)

Bulgarian		сушав (droughty), жадуващ, жаден (ambitious, avid, concupiscent, craving, droughty, dry, eager, hungry), изсъхнал (dried, dry, parched, sapless, sere). (various references)

Chinese		渴 . (various references)

Czech		žíznivý. (various references)

Danish		tørstig. (various references)

Dutch		dorstig. (various references)

Esperanto		soifa. (various references)

Faeroese		tysta (be thirsty). (various references)

Farsi		مشتاق (Agog, Anxious, Avid, Desirous, Eager, Earnest, Enthusiast, Enthusiastic, Fervid, Fond, Hippie, Hungry, Keen, Perfervid, Raring, Solicitous, Studious, Wilful, Wishful, Wistful), تشنه , عطش دار, خشک (Abstract, Arid, Husky, Jejune, Mealy, Sec), بی اب (Dry). (various references)

Finnish		janoinen. (various references)

French		assoiffé, altéré. (various references)

Frisian		hetsich. (various references)

German		durstig (athirst, thirstily). (various references)

Greek		διψών (athirst, thirster), διψασμένοσ, διψασμένος, διψαλέοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		להצמיא (dry, parch), תאב (avid, craving, desirous, eager, greedy, longing). (various references)

Hungarian		szomjas (bone dry, dry, hungry, thirsting, to be dry, to feel dry), kitikkadt, kiszáradt (dry, parched, weazened, wizen, wizened). (various references)

Italian		assetato (athirst). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		渇く　 (to be thirsty), 渇く (to be thirsty), 喉が渇く (to be thirsty). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		のどがかわく (to be thirsty), かわく (to be thirsty, to get dry). (various references)

Korean		목마른. (various references)

Manx		paagh (parched), paa (athirst, parched). (various references)

Pig Latin		irstythay.(various references)

Polish		spragniony. (various references)

Portuguese		sequioso (acquisitive, eager, greedy), sedento (acquisitive, athirst, eager, greedy), seco (arid, chippy, curt, dabby, dried, hacking, jerky, parched, rainless, sapless, sear, seared, seasoned, sec, sere, stale, undamped), ressequido (parched, sear, seared, sere), que causa sede, com sede, árido (barren, chaffy, devastated, dry, dryasdust, dusty, jejune, sterile, waste). (various references)

Romanian		uscat (adust, arenaceous, arid, barren, continent, crusty, dry, earth, fleshless, hungry, husky, land, main, mainland, meager, meagre, parched, sear, sere, shore, shrunken, slack, stale, well-seasoned, wizened), setos, doritor (desirous, eager, keen, longing), însetat (athirst, dry, itching). (various references)

Russian		жаждущий (eager after, eager for, emulous, wishful). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		žedan (dry). (various references)

Spanish		sediento (athirst, bone dry). (various references)

Swedish		törstig (dry). (various references)

Turkish		susuz (anhydrous, dehydrated, droughty, dry, neat, waterless), susatam, susamíx, susamış (athirst, athirst for, dry, longing), kurak (arid, droughty, dry, rainless), istekli (agog, ambitious, anxious, applicant, aspirant, athirst for, cheerful, covetous, dead set, desirous, devout, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, forward, full of zeal, hellbent, inclinable, inclined, intense, intent, itching, itchy, keen, minded, ready, solicitous, strong, voracious, willing, wishful, wistful). (various references)

Turkmen		teюne. (various references)

Ukrainian		спраглий (athirst, droughty), жадаючий (appetent, athirst, avid, greedy, hungry, longing, solicitous, zealous), пересохлий (droughty). (various references)

Vietnamese		khao khát (aspirant, avid, keen-set), khát; làm cho khát khát. (various references)

Welsh		sychedig (dry, parched). (various references)

Yucatec		uk'ah. (various references)

Zulu		-omile (be thirsty). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	sitiens, sitiensque, sitientem, sitientes, sitienti, sitientibus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 25
Latin	405	Vulgate	Aqua frigida animae sitienti et nuntius bonus de terra longinqua
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Cold watir to the threstende soule; and a good messager fro a ferr lond.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 25
Cebuano	¶ Ingon sa bugnaw nga katubigan alang sa usa ka giuhaw nga kalag, Mao man ang maayong balita nga gikan sa halayong yuta.
Croatian	Kao studena voda žednu grlu, takva je dobra vijest iz zemlje daleke.
Danish	Hvad koldt Vand er for en vansmægtet Sjæl, er Glædesbud fra et Land i det fjerne.
Dutch	Een goede tijding uit een ver land is als koud water op een vermoeide ziel.
Finnish	Kuin nääntyväiselle raikas vesi on hyvä sanoma kaukaisesta maasta.
French	Comme de l`eau fraîche pour une personne fatiguée, Ainsi est une bonne nouvelle venant d`une terre lointaine.
German	Eine gute Botschaft aus fernen Landen ist wie kalt Wasser einer durstigen Seele.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Menerima berita yang baik dari negeri jauh seperti minum air sejuk ketika haus.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Bahwa kabar baik yang datang dari negeri yang jauh itu laksana air sejuk kepada orang yang lelah.
Italian	Come acqua fresca per una gola riarsa è una buona notizia da un paese lontano.
Maori	¶ He rongo pai no te whenua tawhiti, tona rite kei nga wai matao ki te wairua matewai.
Norwegian	Som friskt vann for den trette er en god tidende fra et fjernt land.
Portuguese	Como água fresca para o homem sedento, tais são as boas-novas de terra remota.
Rumanian	Ca apa proaspqtq pentru un om obosit, awa este o veste bunq venitq dintr`o yarq depqrtatq. -
Russian	юФП ИПМПДОБС ЧПДБ ДМС ЙУФПНМЕООПК ЦБЦДПК ДХЫЙ, ФП ДПВТБС ЧЕУФШ ЙЪ ДБМШОЕК УФТБОЩ.
Spanish	Como el agua fría al alma sedienta, así son las buenas nuevas de lejanas tierras.
Swedish	Såsom friskt vatten för den försmäktande, så är ett gott budskap ifrån fjärran land.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "thirsty": bloodthirsty. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Thirsty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thirfty, thist, thristy, thursty. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "thirsty" (pronounced ther"stē)
3	-s t ē	amnesty, angioplasty, Beastie, bloodthirsty, Christie, Christy, crusty, dishonesty, dusty, dynasty, feisty, frosty, gusty, hasty, honesty, lusty, majesty, misty, modesty, musty, nasty, rusty, sixty, tasty, testy, travesty, trusty, twisty.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "h-i-r-s-t-t-y"
	-1 letter: shirty, stithy, thirst, thirty, thyrsi, yirths.
	-2 letters: shirt, tryst, yirth.
	-3 letters: hist, hits, shri, sith, stir, thir, this.
	-4 letters: his, hit, its, shy, sir, sit, sri, sty, thy, tis, try.
	-5 letters: hi, is, it, sh, si, ti.
	Words containing the letters "h-i-r-s-t-t-y"
	+2 letters: prettyish, rhythmist, ruttishly, stitchery, thirstily, thirtyish, thyristor, triptychs.
	+3 letters: erythrites, hysteretic, rhythmists, straightly, thyristors, trichocyst.
	+4 letters: erythristic, hairstylist, historicity, hydrostatic, hyperstatic, lithotripsy, physiatrist, pyrrhotites, straightway, thyroiditis, trichocysts, yesternight.
	+5 letters: antihysteric, attorneyship, bathymetries, bloodthirsty, cryptarithms, distraughtly, ethnohistory, hairstylists, hydrostatics, hyperostotic, physiatrists, protohistory, psychiatrist, pyrotechnist, shatteringly, straightaway, stratigraphy, thriftlessly, thyrotropins, tyrothricins, yesternights.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
the thirsty turtle	68	camel thirsty	3
thirsty	54	marlin thirsty	3
thirsty whale	29	thirsty traveler	3
bear thirsty	13	duck thirsty	3
thirsty ear	13	mallard thirsty	3
dog is thirsty	12	thirsty stone coaster	3
thirsty stone	11	moose thirsty	3
plain thirsty turtle white	10	bar thirsty turtle	2
stamford thirsty turtle	8	him i pour that thirsty upon water will	2
thirsty who	7	child thirsty	2
bear francisco san thirsty	6	ear festival thirsty	2
making pretzels these thirsty	6	thirsty towel	2
ear tavern thirsty	6	why grow thirsty print	2
blood thirsty	5	thirsty ear record	2
ct stamford thirsty turtle	5	thirsty traveller	2
scholar thirsty	4	crow thirsty	2
armadillo thirsty	4	cum thirsty	2
thirsty thursday	4	cum sluts thirsty	2
always thirsty	4	scholar thirsty windsor	2
thirsty weak who who	4	baby cullen thirsty	2
		baltimore dog thirsty	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Thirsty cat" by Csaba Magyar Commentary: "Drinking water from a bucket."	"Thirsty 2" by David Hewitt Commentary: "Coke - speaks for itself :o)."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Thirsty

Definition: Thirsty

Thirsty

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Thirsty

Synonyms: Thirsty

Synonyms within Context: Thirsty

Desire

Drunkenness

Killing

Crosswords: Thirsty

Modern Usage: Thirsty

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Aristotle

Chinese Proverb

Pierre De Beaumarchais

Use in Literature: Thirsty

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Thirsty

Usage Frequency: Thirsty

Expression: Thirsty

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thirsty

Modern Translation: Thirsty

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