to thirst

Examples

• All

• He who comes to me shall not hunger... ...and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

  The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

• But I tell you, people are thirsting for the truth and all they're getting today from everybody is BS and mush.

• I hurt, I thirst, I cry out.

  Fiction book (1996)

• You are like someone swimming in fresh water crying, "I thirst!"

  Fiction book (1991)

• I am thirsting for fresh orange juice.

  Fiction book (1994)

• We had seen the crops thirsting for water so long delayed.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "I thirst," he said.

  HIM (2025)

• I thirst.

  El Cid (1961)

• The benedictions of an old man who thirsts.

  Fiction book (1996)

• It looks promising, but when you walk down that path you are left thirsting for something real.

Synonyms

T

to thir

vsto thirst

• Archaic

9.9

To feel a strong need to drink, used in older English

means a general need to drink that is less intense

Antonyms

H

to hydrate

34 3.3

To add water to something or to take water into the body

Q

to quench

16 4.2

To stop thirst by drinking or to put out a fire by cooling it

Idioms

Q

to quench one's thirst

5 2.7

To drink until you no longer feel a need for water

Compounds

T

thirst for knowledge

3 3.5

A strong wish to learn and understand new things

I

insatiable thirst

7.0

A very strong wish for more that cannot be satisfied

T

thirst-buster

• Informal

4.0

A cold drink that quickly makes you feel refreshed

How Thirsty

to crave

103 3.8

to thirst

3 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology