| a. | 1. | Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire. |
| 2. | Deficient in moisture; dry; parched. |
| Adj. | 1. | thirsty - needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky" |
| 2. | thirsty - feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty" Antonyms: hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" | |
| 3. | thirsty - (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton" | |
| 4. | thirsty - able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels" |
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