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thirsting

ADJECTIVE
eager
Synonyms
STRONG
bursting craving desiring hankering heated keen longing pining yearning
WEAK
acquisitive agog ambitious antsy appetent ardent athirst avid breathless champing at the bit covetous desirous dying to earnest fervent fervid greedy gung-ho hot hot to trot hungry impatient intent rarin' to go ready and willing restive restless self-starting solicitous thirsty vehement voracious warmblooded wild wishful zealous
Antonyms
STRONG
calm peaceful

Example Sentences

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Thirsting for a run, Roberts replaced Pujols with pinch-runner Billy McKinney.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021

Thirsting to rekindle their usual physicality after being outhustled and outmuscled during a two-game losing streak, the Wizards pummeled the deplorable Knicks inside Thursday.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2014

Thirsting for travel, David Fairchild obtained a research post at Naples supported by the Smithsonian Institution.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirsting for status-by-schooling, they assume that any U.S. school advertising itself abroad is Government-approved.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirsting with soul-passion after an ideal realm, she found herself the sovereign of a state in decadence.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

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