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thirst::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hunger, hungriness, thirstiness |
| Type of | desire |
| Derivation | thirsty |
a thirst for knowledge.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thirstiness |
| Type of | drive |
| Has types | polydipsia, dehydration |
| Derivation | thirsty |
Examples of thirst
thirst
It's given me a thirst for knowledge and exploring and discovering other places.
From the cnn.com
He doesn't react to this, not sharing Moore's subliminal thirst for guillotines.
From the independent.co.uk
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, they shall have their fill.
From the nzcatholic.org.nz
She has neither Ms. Palin's hunger for melodrama nor her thirst for controversy.
From the kentucky.com
The Gumball is alluring to anyone with money to burn and a thirst for adventure.
From the signonsandiego.com
Of course my first thought, or hope, was that he didn't die of hunger or thirst.
From the toledoblade.com
It inspired a thirst for detective fiction and shaped the form the fiction took.
From the denverpost.com
The pils is a quaffable summertime thirst quencher with a peppery hop character.
From the washingtonpost.com
It has been considered an archetypal joyous wine, pleasant and thirst-quenching.
From the nytimes.com
- Feel the need to drink
- Crave: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- Hunger: strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"
- Needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"
- (thirsty) feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"
- (thirsty) athirst(p): (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"
- (thirsty) able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"
- Thirst is the craving for fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink. It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. It arises from a lack of fluids and/or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites, such as salt. ...
- Thirst (Swedish: Tu00F6rst) is a 1949 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was released as Three Strange Loves in the United Kingdom.
