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THIRSTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strong desire for something (not food or drink)
Example:
hunger for affection
Synonyms:
hunger; hungriness; thirst; thirstiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("thirstiness" is a kind of...):
desire (an inclination to want things)
Derivation:
thirsty ((usually followed by 'for') extremely desirous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A physiological need to drink
Synonyms:
thirst; thirstiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thirstiness" is a kind of...):
drive (a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thirstiness"):
dehydration (depletion of bodily fluids)
polydipsia (excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction))
Derivation:
thirsty (feeling a need or desire to drink)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
Synonyms:
aridity; aridness; thirstiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thirstiness" is a kind of...):
dryness; waterlessness; xerotes (the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))
Derivation:
thirsty (needing moisture)
