Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: thirst
IPA transcription: [θ'ɝst]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: thirst, thirstiness
    Meaning: a physiological need to drink
  • Synonyms: hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness
    Meaning: strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"
Usage examples
  • Thirst is a great leveller.
  • Mew suffered from 'Arctic thirst.
  • Would you yield to the thirst for gold?
  • We must have water, or we die of thirst.
  • The day was warm; they suffered from thirst.
  • He discovered that he had a scorching thirst.
  • "I'm not drinking because I've got a thirst."
  • 'I am dying of thirst; give me something to drink.'
  • Toast water will allay thirst better than almost any thing else.
  • The heat aggravated a burning thirst that was parching her throat.