The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thirst \Thirst\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting.] [AS. [thorn]yrstan. See Thirst, n.]
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To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
The people thirsted there for water.
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To have a vehement desire.
My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God.
--Ps. xlii. 2.
Wiktionary
n. The situation of having a thirst for something. vb. (present participle of thirst English)
Usage examples of "thirsting".
What if it had a wife and family living in that cave, every one of them thirsting for vengeance?
The last day of the Season and its Thirsting Hour had been a time of remote revulsion for her, irritating and inconvenient but nothing more.
Reinvigorated by a spell in the beyond, thirsting for blood, vengeance, power?