# Thirsty or not thirsty? That is the question.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 25, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468 "2005-05-25T18:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yodd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f08c70/32.png) [@yodd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yodd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/1 "2005-05-25T18:54:22Z")
Greetings, What is the word used to describe when one is not thirsty? We commonly use the term “full” when one is not hungry, but is there a word in the English language (or any other language for that matter) to say that one is not thirsty? Vincent, Montréal. ---
**Author:** ![yodd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f08c70/32.png) [@yodd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yodd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/2 "2005-05-25T19:12:40Z")
BTW- I realize we can use “quenched”, but that is not used specifically for not being thirsty… Is “unthirsty” accepted? I’m sorry if the answer seems obvious to a native English speaker 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/3 "2005-05-25T19:17:12Z")
“Thirstless” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/4 "2005-05-25T19:27:32Z")
Just because “quenched” may have other meanings doesn’t preclude it from being the word used for thirst. “Slaked” is similarly used as a satisfier for thirst, among other meanings. “Full,” of course, has many meanings other than hungerless, but that didn’t stop you from using it in that sense. “Thirstless” is not a word, for all you non-native English speakers. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/5 "2005-05-25T19:28:04Z")
Slaked? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/6 "2005-05-25T19:29:14Z")
Damn. Too slow again. ---
**Author:** ![yodd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f08c70/32.png) [@yodd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yodd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/7 "2005-05-25T19:33:02Z")
Yes, I realize the use of the word “full” was incorrect. Thanks for the prompt reply. Nice try with thirstless, it made me laugh 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/8 "2005-05-25T19:59:05Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Slaked? As Radar O’Reilly put it, “I think I’ve been slaked.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/9 "2005-05-25T20:02:21Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > “Thirstless” is not a word, for all you non-native English speakers. And for all you non-OED possessors: > [@](#): > > Thirstless: > > a) Having no thirst; not thirsty > b) Not impelled by thirst > > Attested since 1591 Nyaa! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/10 "2005-05-25T20:03:24Z")
Or should that be “OED possesslessors?”😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/11 "2005-05-25T20:10:41Z")
It may be a word in English, but it ain’t a word in American! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/12 "2005-05-25T20:22:46Z")
What I’ve occasionally wondered is why we have words for the feeling of wanting or needing to drink (“thirsty”), to eat (“hungry”), to sleep (“sleepy” or “tired”), to have sex (“horny”), but no words for the feeling of needing to go to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/13 "2005-05-25T20:42:39Z")
We use analogies for that purpose: Opening the floodgates, drain the veins, etc ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/14 "2005-05-25T20:45:59Z")
Sated? ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirsty-or-not-thirsty-that-is-the-question/305468/15 "2005-05-25T21:16:23Z")
Hydrated