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Definition of athirst in English: athirstadjective əˈθəːstəˈθərst archaic 1predicative Thirsty. Example sentencesExamples - I took also a handful of dried apples, most of which I gave to Shagg, for I was still athirst despite the cold, and could not swallow them.
- … he always thought that God in his goodness had created the plant to give drink to such as were athirst on a hot and toilsome march and so he looked with gratitude and admiration on its representative in Canada.
- 1.1 Very eager to get something.
渴望的 她渴望得到消息。 Example sentencesExamples - Baxter's life was a sermon, demonstrating, explaining, and applying the text, ‘my soul is athirst for God’.
- He believed that the respect in which these journals were held by a reading public athirst for good commentary would cause a very undesirable public indignation in the event of their suppression.
- You are probably athirst with romantic desire.
Synonyms eager, keen, avid, longing, yearning, pining, aching, greedy, thirsting, with an appetite
OriginOld English ofthyrst, shortened from ofthyrsted, past participle of ofthyrstan 'be thirsty'. Definition of athirst in US English: athirstadjectiveəˈTHərstəˈθərst archaic 1predicative Thirsty. Example sentencesExamples - I took also a handful of dried apples, most of which I gave to Shagg, for I was still athirst despite the cold, and could not swallow them.
- … he always thought that God in his goodness had created the plant to give drink to such as were athirst on a hot and toilsome march and so he looked with gratitude and admiration on its representative in Canada.
- 1.1 Very eager to get something.
渴望的 她渴望得到消息。 Example sentencesExamples - You are probably athirst with romantic desire.
- He believed that the respect in which these journals were held by a reading public athirst for good commentary would cause a very undesirable public indignation in the event of their suppression.
- Baxter's life was a sermon, demonstrating, explaining, and applying the text, ‘my soul is athirst for God’.
Synonyms eager, keen, avid, longing, yearning, pining, aching, greedy, thirsting, with an appetite
OriginOld English ofthyrst, shortened from ofthyrsted, past participle of ofthyrstan ‘be thirsty’. |