adj. 25B6; adjective
the boys were hot and thirsty : LONGING FOR A DRINK, dry, dehydrated; informal parched, gasping; Brit. informal spitting feathers; Austral./NZ informal spitting chips.
the thirsty soil : DRY, arid, dried up/out, as dry as a bone, parched, baked, desiccated.
she was thirsty for power : EAGER, hungry, greedy, thirsting, craving, longing, yearning, lusting, burning, desirous, hankering; informal itching, dying.