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thirst

noun as in craving (especially for liquid)

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Agreeing to those terms appears nearly impossible for Schumer, given the growing thirst in his base for a filibuster-free Senate.

Like pain or thirst, boredom is an emotional state that tells us we need to change our behavior.

Search marketers who have a thirst and curiosity to continually learn and grow are the ones that achieve excellence.

Harassment and probable hospitalization of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara or Maykel Osorbo, the two group members who also began a thirst strike, was expected.

Because I think they often reflect a kind of thirst for knowledge, which I think is actually healthy.

Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”

This spatial displacement reveals your thirst for freedom, your desire for openness and to break with the protest novel.

The hunger usually subsides quickly, but thirst sometimes causes serious pain.

In North Carolina, they let a 54-year-old untreated schizophrenic die of thirst after 35 days in solitary confinement.

In response, voters thought voting for Madison was inconsistent with their thirst for free booze.

It was he who first said, If thine enemy hunger give him food, if he thirst give him drink.

He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.

The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst.

Some were already dying of thirst; others were too sick and weak to help in the care of the ship.

But this was but a passing phase, and soon the thirst for glory called the young soldier to sterner things.

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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thirst, such as: appetite, desire, eagerness, hankering, hunger, and longing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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