Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thirst
Participle: thirsted
Gerund: thirsting
Indicative
Present
| I | thirst |
| you | thirst |
| he;she;it | thirsts |
| we | thirst |
| you | thirst |
| they | thirst |
Perfect
| I | have thirsted |
| you | have thirsted |
| he;she;it | has thirsted |
| we | have thirsted |
| you | have thirsted |
| they | have thirsted |
Past
| I | thirsted |
| you | thirsted |
| he;she;it | thirsted |
| we | thirsted |
| you | thirsted |
| they | thirsted |
Pluperfect
| I | had thirsted |
| you | had thirsted |
| he;she;it | had thirsted |
| we | had thirsted |
| you | had thirsted |
| they | had thirsted |
Future
| I | will thirst |
| you | will thirst |
| he;she;it | will thirst |
| we | will thirst |
| you | will thirst |
| they | will thirst |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thirsted |
| you | will have thirsted |
| he;she;it | will have thirsted |
| we | will have thirsted |
| you | will have thirsted |
| they | will have thirsted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thirst |
| you | thirst |
| he;she;it | thirst |
| we | thirst |
| you | thirst |
| they | thirst |
Perfect
| I | have thirsted |
| you | have thirsted |
| he;she;it | have thirsted |
| we | have thirsted |
| you | have thirsted |
| they | have thirsted |
Imperfect
| I | thirsted |
| you | thirsted |
| he;she;it | thirsted |
| we | thirsted |
| you | thirsted |
| they | thirsted |
Pluperfect
| I | had thirsted |
| you | had thirsted |
| he;she;it | had thirsted |
| we | had thirsted |
| you | had thirsted |
| they | had thirsted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thirst |
| you | would thirst |
| he;she;it | would thirst |
| we | would thirst |
| you | would thirst |
| they | would thirst |
Perfect
| I | would have thirsted |
| you | would have thirsted |
| he;she;it | would have thirsted |
| we | would have thirsted |
| you | would have thirsted |
| they | would have thirsted |
Imperative
| you | thirst |
| we | Let's thirst |
| you | thirst |
Verbs conjugated like 'thirst'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'thirst'
hist,
inthirst,
shirt,
third,
thirl,
thrust,
trist,
twist,
whist,
agist,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-West Germanic *þurstu
3. Old English þurst
4. Old English þyrstaninflu.
5. Middle English thirst
6. English thirst
7. From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
8. Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Faroese tosti, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tørst, Norwegian Nynorsk tørste). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Latin terra, Latin torridus. See: Norwegian, nynorsk '
tørste', Sanskrit '
तृष्यति'.
Verbs referencing "thirst"
Sanskrit
तृष्यति, Ido durstar, Hindi
तरसना.
Sample Sentences
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[...] in his clothes said, ‘Eh ? What’s that? Did you speak ? Say that again, will you ? ’ He was always wide awake, like the enchanted bride who drove her husband frantic; always restless; always thirsting for answers; perpetually seeking and never finding. There never was such a curious man.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ O, Em ! ” said Cassy, “ I 've hungered for my children, and thirsted for them, and my eyes fail with longing for them ! Here ! here ! ” she said, striking her breast, “ it's all desolate, all empty ! If God would give me back my children, then I could pray. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)