thirst
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- noun
- /θɜrst/
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sed
- The children complained of thirst after playing outside all day, asking for something to drink.
- quench a thirst
- hunger and thirst
- die of thirst
He's, he's, he's dying of, of hunger or thirst or worn out completely.
- He's, he's, he's dying of, of hunger or thirst or worn out completely.
- They're dying of thirst, they're dying of heat exhaustion.
- We have the drive to quench thirst, hunger, sex, so on and so forth.
- You've lost interest, you're dying of thirst, you're as parched as you could possibly be.
- It's a picture of a little girl dying of thirst.
- A Diet Coke is enough to quench my thirst.
- It tasted pretty sour, but the juice in it quenched my thirst.
- And they're essentially left to die of starvation and thirst.
- The desperate men drank vinegar, Cologne and even ink to stave off thirst.
- And because they're chronically dehydrated, they have this constant sense of thirst.
- I remember being like, whoa, whoa, this thing has had it's thirst quenched.
- Thirsty, drought stricken, dying of thirst.
- Died of exposure of thirst, hunger, see exhaustion.
Examples
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Quench your thirst with a nice shot.
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There is nothing in the world that can quench our thirst more and make us feel more refreshed than water.
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Drink and thirst no more.
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How long till we die of thirst?
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Hey, lady, you gonna let a customer die of thirst?
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And one died of thirst while camping in the desert.
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Many die of thirst in the sweltering summer heat.
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We sucked on it for a while until an incredible thirst overtook us both.
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I'm dying of thirst.
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It quenches your thirst and it also hydrates you more than three times an actual bottle of water.
Synonyms
A strong need to drink because the body lacks water
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Compounds
How Thirsty
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Etymology
The word thirst comes from an old German word þurst that meant 'dryness' and a need 'to drink', and you can see the same root in thirsty. So a thirst is the dry feeling that tells you to drink.