to thirst
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5.2
- verb
- /θɜrst/
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ansiar
- Even as a child, he thirsted for power.
He has been thirsting after Bryce since the day that they met five years ago.
- He has been thirsting after Bryce since the day that they met five years ago.
- I tell you the best decision I ever made in my life is thirsting for what Jesus is saying.
- If you were to have any politicians like thirsting over you, Sarah Palin, damn, you answer that too quick.
- These thirsting for life receive in it receive it receive life in the action of self consciousness.
Examples
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And yet... we thirst for answers to questions that have haunted humanity from the very beginning.
Blog text (19) -
After years of studying, she found herself thirsting for deeper knowledge.
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But I think we all thirst for something greater than ourselves.
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And humans, of course, they thirst for some, you know, for meaning in their lives.
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You thirst for more bits and pieces of the puzzle that is speech.
Blog text (32) -
Yet, he thirsted for knowledge.
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The audience thirsts for adventure.
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Do you thirst for something far greater than just a weekly pilgrimage to a building?
Blog text (31) -
We are a thirsting people, all of us, the Navajo and Pueblo.
Fiction book (1993) -
In contrast to his brothers, he thirsted for knowledge, taking correspondence courses to supplement the meager schooling available in his tiny hometown.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
103
3.8
To want something very much
92
4.9
To want something very much when you cannot have it
68
4.3
To want something very much because you do not have it
39
6.7
To want something very much, especially something someone else has
30
6.3
To want something very strongly, often something forbidden
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6.7
To feel very sad and want someone or something a lot
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3.9
To want something very much, often food or success
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7.4
To want something very much for a long time
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6.2
To want something very strongly, especially power or fame
To want someone or something very much
To have a strong desire for something you want a lot
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Etymology
The verb thirst shares the old root þurst meaning 'dryness', so to thirst for something means to want it strongly, almost like being dry and needing water.