thirsty
adj.adj. needing to drink something. It is also used to describe someone who is trying too hard to get attention or likes on social media.
adj. feeling a need to drink; in modern informal contexts, showing an excessive or desperate desire for attention, approval, or romantic interest.
I am very thirsty after that long walk.
He posted five selfies in one hour, which made him look a bit thirsty for attention.
While the physical sensation of being thirsty is easily quenched with water, the metaphorical thirst for social validation often requires a more complex psychological resolution.
From Middle English thirsty, from Old English þurstiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstug. Equivalent to thirst + -y. Cognate with Dutch dorstig, German durstig.
In its slang sense, it is often used with the preposition 'for' to indicate the specific object of desire.