1. A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
   - aridity, aridness 
2. A physiological need to drink
   - thirst 
3. Strong desire for something (not food or drink)
   - hunger, hungriness, thirst

Derived forms: thirstinesses

See also: thirsty

Type of: desire, drive, dryness, waterlessness, xerotes

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