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Meaning of Thirsty | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈθɝs.ti

Definitions

  1. One who is thirsty (for a drink, sex, alcohol, etc.).
    countable, plural-normally, uncountable
  2. Thirst.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية ظمآن عطشان
Български жаден
বাংলা পিয়াসী
བོད་སྐད ཁ་བསྐོམས
Čeština žíznivý
Dansk tørstig
Deutsch durstig
Ελληνικά διψασμένος
Esperanto soifanta
فارسی تشنه
Français assoiffé avoir soif
עברית צמא
Magyar szomjas
Հայերեն ծարավ
Bahasa Indonesia haus
Íslenska þyrstur
Italiano assetato avere sete
日本語 喉が渇いた
ខ្មែរ ស្រេកទឹក
Lëtzebuergesch duuschtereg
Македонски жеден
Монгол ангасан
Bahasa Melayu dahaga haus
မြန်မာဘာသာ ရေငတ် ရေဆာ
Nederlands dorstig
Polski spragniony
Română însetat setos
Slovenčina smädný
ไทย กระหาย
Tagalog uhaw
Türkçe Susuz
Українська спраглий
اردو پیاسا
Tiếng Việt khất

Examples

“The most interesting thing to the "chicken fanciers"—and the thirsty also—was an ice cream parlor in Morrison. Before we left […] the town ran short on all brands of beer (near, Root, etc.), and the thirsties of the crowd were reduced to the tamer pastime of eating oranges and cracking peanuts.”
“A thirsty looking for a draught of water finds a welcome sea of water.”
“Another way to limit the use of thirsty plants […] Here small beds of flowers, azaleas, and other "thirsties" could be grown satisfactorily.”
“You are like a stream of water to a thirsty in a desert.”
“Young Duchess watched the two accomplices, she seemed a thirsty who tastes clear and fresh water after having longed for it: for a moment she preserves an expression that expresses disbelief, as if she had discovered a completely new .”
“There is a thirsty that is not for the belly. There is a thirsty for land that belong to we."”
“The captain would have to spend all his fortune trying to quench the Dark tenant's thirsty. A thirsty that has spanned thousands of years and never been quenched. Provide for his lusts!”
“Afterwards Marguerite declared herself super-hungry, and also thirsty. 'Not super-thirsty, Regular thirsty. Let's say a thirsty that has worked out, learned martial arts and designed its own bat-suit. But definitely super-hunggry.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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