thirsting
Aching for drink
Thirsting is the present participle of thirst, used both literally and figuratively.
Someone thirsting for water is experiencing physical dehydration.
More often the word appears metaphorically: thirsting for knowledge, thirsting for revenge, thirsting for power.
In contemporary slang, thirsting means showing obvious, often desperate romantic or sexual interest: She's been thirsting over him on Instagram for months.
Extremely dry or thirsty
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- aridDevoid of water
- drynessAbsence of moisture
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
desiccated · waterless · scorched · gasping · wilted · barren · craving · desperate
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achingExperiencing dull pain
hunger · desire · eager · burning · fervent · insatiable · avid · keen
Strong desire for achievement
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- zealIntense driving devotion
fervor · enthusiasm · striving · pursuing · hunger · determined · relentless · motivated
Attempting to find
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- soulInnermost animating essence
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
divine · grace · fulfillment · meaning · enlightenment · truth · wisdom · peace
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- aridDevoid of water
- drynessAbsence of moisture
drought · desiccated · waterless · scorched · gasping · wilted · barren · craving · desperate · needing
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
aching · hunger · desire · eager · burning · fervent · insatiable · avid · keen · desperate
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
zeal · fervor · enthusiasm · striving · pursuing · hunger · determined · relentless · motivated · single-minded
seeking
Attempting to find
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- soulInnermost animating essence
redemption · divine · grace · fulfillment · meaning · enlightenment · truth · wisdom · peace · wholeness
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- longingyearning, pining, craving, hankering, wishing
- wantingwant, desire, crave, yearn, long
- battle royalebattle royale, Fortnite, last man standing, winner, solo
- ambitionaspire, ambition, aspiration, goal, strive
- drynessarid, aridity, dry, dehydrated, bone dry