Synonyms for thirst
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1. thirst

   Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.

   Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   appetency, appetite, craving, desire, disposition, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, zest

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsion

   Preposition:
   He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.

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1. thirst, thirstinessnoun

   a physiological need to drink

   Synonyms:
   aridness, hungriness, hunger, aridity, thirstiness

2. hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstinessverb

   strong desire for something (not food or drink)

   "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"

   Synonyms:
   thirstiness, aridness, yearning, hunger, aridity, longing, hungriness

3. thirstverb

   feel the need to drink

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, crave, starve

4. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, crave, famish, starve

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1. thirstnoun

   Synonyms:
   desire for drink

2. thirstnoun

   Synonyms:
   desire, longing, craving

3. thirstverb

   Synonyms:
   desire to drink

4. thirstverb

   Synonyms:
   desire, long, crave, hanker

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1. thirstnoun

   Synonyms:
   dryness, aridity, drought

   Antonyms:
   adipsy

   Associated words:
   slake, quench, dipsetic, adipsous

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1. List of paraphrases for "thirst":

   thirsty, sed, seds, lust, craving

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How to use thirst in a sentence?

1. Ling Po, (Chinese, 701-762):

   He who neglects to drink from the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance.

2. Sipho P Nkosi:

   The hunger and thirst for knowledge ensures lifelong success.

3. Mickey Mehta:

   Water water everywhere and life is to share and care. Regard water with deep reverence whether from skies or anyone's eyes and MickeyMize human lives. Share this to quench the thirst of this world.

4. Salvador Alvarenga:

   We didn't think about hunger at first, it was the thirst. We had to drink our own urine after the storm. It wasn't until a month later that we finally got some rain water.

5. The Hitopadesa:

   A hundred long leagues is no distance for him who would quench the thirst of covetousness; but a contented mind has no solicitude for grasping wealth.