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thirsty

/ˈθəːsti/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈθəːsti/
thirsty
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

thir - sty -> thirsty

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ရေဆာ

Full entry

thirst /θɜ:st/ n

၁။ (က) [U, sing] ရေဆာခြင်း။ ရေငတ်ခြင်း။ quench (ie satisfy) one's thirst with a long drink of water ❍ Working in the sun soon gave us a (powerful) thirst.
(ခ) [U] ရေငတ်ခြင်း။ They lost their way in the desert and died of thirst.
၂။ [sing] ~ (for sth ) ပြင်းပြသည့် အာသာဆန္ဒ။ a/ the thirst for knowledge/ fame/ revenge.
v (arch ) ရေဆာသည်။ ရေငတ်သည်။
❏ thirst for sth [PHRV ] အာသာဆန္ဒပြင်းပြသည်။ thirsting for revenge.
❏ thirstily /-Çli/ adv အငမ်းမရ (သောက်သည်)။့ They drank thirstily.
❏ thirsty adj (-ier,-iest )
၁။ ~ (for sth ) ရေဆာသော။ အာသာဆန္ဒ ပြင်းပြသော။ be/ feel thirsty ❍ All this talking is making me thirsty. ❍ (fig ) The team is thirsty for success.
၂။ (infml ) ရေငတ်စေသော။ Gardening is thirsty work.
၃။ ~ (for sth ) ရေငတ်နေသော။ thirsty crops ❍ The soil is thirsty for rain.

More examples
  • [quench your thirst] : She drank and drank but couldn’t quench her thirst.
  • Villagers were nearly dying of thirst when water supplies arrived.
  • [thirst for] : The materials are designed to satisfy young people’s thirst for knowledge.
Synonyms
need for liquids, dehydration, dryness, ache, appetite, aridity, crave, craving, desire, drought, eagerness, hankering, hunger, keenness, longing, lust, passion, pine, thirstiness, thirsting, want, yearning, yen
Antonyms
apathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, indifference, repulsion, wetness
Cross references
need for liquidsdehydrationdrynessacheappetiteariditycravecravingdesiredroughteagernesshankeringhungerkeennesslonginglustpassionpinethirstinessthirstingwantyearningyenapathyaversiondisgustdislikedistaste
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