thirst en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /θeːst/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- /θɜːst/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /θɛːst/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
- /θøːst/ (New-Zealand)
- thûrst
- /θɪɹst/ (Scotland)
- /fɜːst/ th-fronting
- /θɝst/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *þurstu Old English þurst Old English þyrstaninflu. Middle English thirst English thirst From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Faroese tosti, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tørst, Norwegian Nynorsk tørste). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Latin terra, Latin torridus.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.
We developed a great thirst during our hike.
He had quite a thirst on and so headed to his favourite Dublin pub.
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(countable, uncountable) The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
"We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?"
1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:If you go out in the desert for long without water, the thirst can drive you mad.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
She had a real thirst for news and that greatly helped her career.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Sexual lust.
He had a thirst for her and she had the same for him.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thirsts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bloodthirst · gold thirst · thirstful · thirstless · athirst · thirster · thirst trap · thirsty · thirst-buster · thirstland · thirst-quenching · thirst snake
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (235)
fi himo (figuratively) · bho प्यास (dryness) · mdh kawaw (dryness) · ig agu mmiṛi (dryness) · uk жа́га (dryness) · es sed (dryness) · kk аңсау (dryness) · zu ukoma (dryness) · kk сусау (dryness) · sh же̑ђ (dryness) · he צימאון (dryness) · mn цангаа (dryness) · dlm sait (dryness) · ota صوسزلق (dryness) · hi उदन्या (dryness) · io dursto (dryness) · id haus (dryness) · mt għatx (dryness) · it avidità (figuratively) · ru жа́жда (figuratively) · ne तिर्खा (dryness) · pt sede (figuratively) · wtm पिस (dryness) · ia sete (dryness) · tk teşnelik (dryness) · sv törst (figuratively) · ko 갈증 (dryness) · ru сма́га (dryness) · am ጥማት (dryness) · hu szomj (dryness) · lt troškimas (figuratively) · uk спра́га (dryness) · uz chanqoqlik (dryness) · ja 渇き (dryness) · de Durst (dryness) · cs žízeň (dryness) · mrw waw (dryness) · eo soifo (dryness) · eu egarria (dryness) · hy ծարավ (dryness) · ca set (figuratively) · nn tørste (dryness) · es hambre (figuratively) · be сма́га (dryness) · got 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 (dryness) · hy ծարավություն (dryness) · vec sée (dryness) · pra 𑀇𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (dryness) · ka წყურვილი (dryness) · pam kau (dryness) · mdh waw (dryness) · ca ambició (figuratively) · sc sidi (dryness) · ext sedi (dryness) · ro sete (dryness) · cy syched (figuratively) · atv сускап чатканы (dryness) · nb tørste (dryness) · fo tosti (dryness) · fi jano (figuratively) · liv jūomiznǟlga (dryness) · ca set (dryness) · nl dorst (dryness) · pt sede (dryness) · de Durst (figuratively) · bg жа́жда (dryness) · kk шөл (dryness) · mg hetaheta (dryness) · az susuzluq (dryness) · cs žízeň (figuratively) · bua ангалга (dryness) · enm thirst (figuratively) · hil uhaw (dryness) · ur پیاس (dryness) · co sete (dryness) · sa see Thesaurus:तृष्णा (dryness) · yi דאָרשט (dryness) · ja 喉の渇き (dryness) · hi तृषा (dryness) · vi khát (dryness) · tr açlık (figuratively) · lb Duuscht (dryness) · atv сускааны (dryness) · ky суусоо (dryness) · wo mahre (dryness) · gv paays (dryness) · ha ƙishi (dryness) · lmo set (dryness) · vec sé (dryness) · ce хьогалла (dryness) · so harraad (dryness) · lg ennyonta (dryness) · vec sef (dryness) · ko 목마름 (dryness) · rm said (dryness) · cmn 口渴 (dryness) · ast sede (dryness) · ny ludzu (dryness) · be пра́га (dryness) · cu жѧжда (dryness) · ug تەشنالىق (dryness) · pra 𑀢𑀺𑀲𑀸 (dryness) · ur پیاس (figuratively) · th ความกระหาย (dryness) · pwn qusau (dryness) · as পিয়াহ (dryness) · bn তৃষ্ণা (dryness) · hi पिपासा (dryness) · ab ашабара (dryness) · vo soaf (dryness) · tr susuzluk (figuratively) · or ଶୋଷ (dryness) · da tørst (dryness) · non þorsti (dryness) · scn siti (dryness) · br sehed (dryness) · kl imerusunneq (dryness) · alt суузу (dryness) · af dors (dryness) · sc side (dryness) · nmn ǁʻân (dryness) · pra 𑀉𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀸 (dryness) · hi तृष्णा (dryness) · vec sen (dryness) · rup seate (dryness) · fr soif (dryness) · cop ⲉⲓⲃⲉ (dryness) · sh žȇđ (dryness) · sl žeja (dryness) · enm thirst (dryness) · wa soe (dryness) · ps تشنک (dryness) · ar ظَمَأ (dryness) · fi jano (dryness) · la sitis (dryness) · pl pragnienie (dryness) · lt troškulys (figuratively) · cy syched (dryness) · ht swaf dlo (dryness) · ast sede (figuratively) · xh unxano (dryness) · ga tart (dryness) · ja 口渇 (dryness) · kn ಡಿಸೈರ್ (figuratively) · it sete (figuratively) · et janu (dryness) · es sed (figuratively) · lt troškulys (dryness) · ga íota (dryness) · sk smäd (dryness) · or ତୃଷା (dryness) · mk жед (dryness) · ja 渇 (dryness) · pra 𑀉𑀤𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (dryness) · gl sede (dryness) · fa تشنگی (dryness) · zza teyşon (dryness) · pms sè (dryness) · egy i-b-t-E8-mw (dryness) · sa तृष्णा (figuratively) · te దాహం (dryness) · ta தாகம் (dryness) · hi प्यास (dryness) · mrw kawaw (dryness) · km សម្រេក (dryness) · it sete (dryness) · gu તરસ (dryness) · uz tashnalik (dryness) · yo oungbẹ (dryness) · el δίψα (figuratively) · oc set (dryness) · ti ጽምኢ (dryness) · pam mau (dryness) · ar عَطَش (dryness) · arz عطش (dryness) · tg ташнагӣ (dryness) · tsg uhaw (dryness) · cop ⲓⲃⲓ (dryness) · pi pipāsā (dryness) · kn ಬಾಯಾರಿಕೆ (dryness) · sw kiu (dryness) · sv törst (dryness) · pdt Darscht (dryness) · tl uhaw (dryness) · inh хьогал (dryness) · liv viednǟlga (dryness) · fy toarst (dryness) · my အငတ် (dryness) · rm set (dryness) · pap set (dryness) · tzm ⴼⴰⴷ (dryness) · bn পিয়াস (dryness) · ms kehausan (dryness) · is þorsti (dryness) · hu szomjúság (dryness) · sh žeda (dryness) · es ambición (figuratively) · sh жеда (dryness) · ceb kauhaw (dryness) · am ጥም (dryness) · srn dreiwatra (dryness) · es ansias (figuratively) · uk сма́га (dryness) · ms kedahagaan (dryness) · pra 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀸 (dryness) · gu પ્યાસ (dryness) · pra 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (dryness) · gl sede (figuratively) · grc δίψα (dryness) · ckb تینوویی (dryness) · bcl paha (dryness) · fr soif (figuratively) · chr ᎣᏔᏕᎩᏍᎩ (dryness) · pl pragnienie (figuratively) · nv dibááʼ (dryness) · haw make wai (dryness) · lv slāpes (dryness) · gd pathadh (dryness) · fur sêt (dryness) · ml ദാഹം (dryness) · an set (dryness) · he צָמָא (dryness) · el δίψα (dryness) · sq et (dryness) · mr तहान (dryness) · ti ጽምኣት (dryness) · unm kahtusëmëwakàn (dryness) · orv жажа (dryness) · alt суузаганы (dryness) · zza teyşan (dryness) · gez ጽምእ (dryness) · sq etje (dryness) · tr susuzluk (dryness) · ru жа́жда (dryness) · kk шөлдеу (dryness)