Definition of Thirst

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Thirst

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, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.

Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.

To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

To have a vehement desire.

To have a thirst for.

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Thirst Quotations

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
Buddha

Fame is the thirst of youth.
Lord Byron

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.
Andrew Jackson

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.
Aldous Huxley

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.
Charles Baudelaire

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
Baltasar Gracian

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.
Isak Dinesen

In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.
Anton Chekhov

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
Honore de Balzac

Thirst Translations

thirst in Dutch is dorst
thirst in French is soif
thirst in Italian is sete
thirst in Latin is sitis
thirst in Portuguese is sede
thirst in Spanish is sed

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