thirsty
adjective
1. needing moisture
- thirsty fields under a rainless sky
Similar word(s): dry
2. feeling a need or desire to drink
- after playing hard the children were thirsty
3. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
- athirst for knowledge
- thirsty for information
Similar word(s): desirous, wishful, athirst, hungry
4. able to take in large quantities of moisture
- thirsty towels
Similar word(s): absorbent, absorptive
Sentences with thirsty as an adjective:
- After all that work I am really thirsty.
- I am thirsty for knowledge.
- After the president left office, the nation was thirsty for change.