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Thirsty

Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

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Absorbent 84% connected

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Absorbent 84% connected

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

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Absorptive 84% connected

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

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Absorptive 84% connected

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

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Desirous 84% connected

Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

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Desirous 84% connected

Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

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Dry 84% connected

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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Dry 84% connected

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wishful 84% connected

Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wishful 84% connected

Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

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Derivationally related 4

Thirst 74% connected

A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excite…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thirst 74% connected

A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excite…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thirstiness 74% connected

The state of being thirsty; thirst.

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Thirstiness 74% connected

The state of being thirsty; thirst.

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Synonym 2

Athirst 92% connected

Wanting drink; thirsty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hungry 92% connected

Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Hungry 94% connected

Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hungry 94% connected

Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

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