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Another word for thirst

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Noun

  1. A desire for food or drink

    See also:

    desire

  2. A strong wanting of what promises enjoyment or pleasure

    See also:

    desire

Verb

  1. To have a greedy, obsessive desire

    See also:

    desire

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Another word for thirst

Noun
  1. See also:

    desire

    appetite

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Her hunger and thirst satisfied, she was getting sleepy again.

  • For the thirst ice may be given by the mouth.

  • If you are in a desert dying of thirst, you value the first glass of water very highly, the second glass a bit less, and the 802nd not at all.

  • He drinks to quench his thirst, and that is all.

  • The sacri fice of these trusted soldiers failed however to sate the thirst of the new age.

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