Crossword clues for thirstier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thirsty \Thirst"y\, a. [Compar. Thirstier; superl. Thirstiest.] [AS. ?urstig. See Thirst, n.]
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Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.
--Judges iv. 19. -
Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
A dry and thirsty land, where no water is.
--Ps. lxiii. 1.When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: thirsty)
WordNet
adj. needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"
feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty" [ant: hungry]
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton" [syn: athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)]
able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"
[also: thirstiest, thirstier]
See thirsty
Usage examples of "thirstier".
There, puffing and panting from the half-mile run and thirstier than ever, we walked toward the city of Onaback, another half-mile away.
An alcoholic is also a vampire, and that part of me was getting thirstier and thirstier, while the rest of me was trying to deny my essential nature.
Think of three hundred survivors - if all of them survive the explosion I shall have arranged in the magazine - clinging to the wreckage, and the sun rising and getting hotter and hotter and all of you thirstier and thirstier .
I was thirsty again, and every time someone came out with one of those little white Styrofoam cups of coffee, I'd get thirstier, but I still couldn't quite bring myself to get out of the car .