thirst
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3.6
- noun
- /θɜrst/
- She wants you to thirst for knowledge about who she is.
- thirst for knowledge
- thirst for power
- thirst for adventure
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Watch on YouTubeI will never quench my thirst for Russian history.
- I will never quench my thirst for Russian history.
- To me, it's a thirst for dominance.
- You had to be, you had to hunger and you had to thirst for righteousness.
- So, so, so yes, basically people are, are, are have a thirst for this kind of content.
- Kolchak had a passion for scientific discovery and oceanography, and a thirst for adventure.
- And then I worked the pit lane and, and you know, the sport has such a thirst for sponsorship.
- I wanted to be on purpose and I so it just it was this like this thirst for the truth.
- To do it, I needed to to to empower people in a way the only thing was a thirst for revenge.
- And consumerism is obviously an unquenchable thirst.
- There's a quest for a thirst for authentic.
- How do you with your thirst to be culturally relevant?
- This is going to be generational thirst trapping.
- Well, Jasmine, first of all, if you want to do a really good thirst trap, just make sure you look good.
- I've told women before like on your social media people love posting thirst traps, right?
- OK, I get this, you know, so it's an unquenchable thirst.
Examples
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Moreover, the novels presented a period of history that answered the students' thirst for adventure and involvement.
Academic text (1991) -
Kolchak had a passion for scientific discovery and oceanography, and a thirst for adventure.
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Perhaps it will be the thirst for knowledge or some grand creative fire within.
Fiction book (1991) -
But the central lesson of The Invention of News is that people have always had a thirst for news.
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I will never quench my thirst for Russian history.
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She had a thirst for knowledge.
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Competition was the basis of the settlement and the result of inhabitants' unyielding thirst for wealth.
Academic text (2014) -
The drama generates not weariness with war but a thirst for justice, for sacrifice, and revenge.
Academic text (2002) -
Joseph's longing for righteousness welled up in him like the thirst of a man lost in the desert.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many students have a thirst for knowledge that drives them to explore different subjects.
Synonyms
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1.6
A strong wish to have or experience something
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2.1
A desire to eat or to have new experiences
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3.7
A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes
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3.2
A strong desire for something, like success or knowledge
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6.6
A strong wish to have or do something
A strong desire to get or achieve something
A strong desire for things like knowledge or success
A very strong wish for more that cannot be satisfied
A strong desire to have or do something
A strong wish to have or try something
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Etymology
The word thirst also comes from the old þurst for 'dryness', and people used it for a strong need as well. So a thirst for adventure is like being 'dry' for new things and wanting them badly.