| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want, long for |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspire to, be smitten, be turned on by, choose, cotton to, covet, crave, desiderate, die over, enjoy, fall for, fancy, give eyeteeth for, go for, hanker after, have eyes for, have the hots for, hunger for, like, lust after, make advances to, partial to, pine, set heart on, spoil for, sweet on, take a liking to, take a shine to, take to, thirst, wish for, yearn for |
| Antonyms: | not want |
| Main Entry: | hanker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | ache, covet, crave, cream for, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen |
| Antonyms: | be averse |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
agog, all agog, ambitious, anadipsic, anxious, appetent, appetizable, appetizing, ardent, aspiring, at a loss for, athirst, avid, belly, bent upon, breathless, bulimic, burning, concubitant, covetous, craving, curious, desirable, desired, desiring, desirous, devoured by desire, drouthy, dry, dying for, eager, enviable, envious, esurient, exacting, exoptable, extortionate, fain, famished, fervent, gair, grasping, greedy, greedy as a hog, hungry, hungry as a churchmouse, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a hunter, impatient, in demand, inclined, ingordigious, insatiable, intent on, intent upon, keen, lickerish, mad after, meatwhole, open, orectic, overeager, parched with thirst, partial to, peckish, phagomanic, pinched with hunger, pleasing, quenchless, rabid, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, ravenous as a wolf, salacious, sarcophilous, sedulous, set on, set upon, sharp, sitient, sky, sordid, tantalizing, thirsty, tibialoconcupiscent, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unslaked, vaulting, venerean, voracious, wishful, wistful, with an empty stomach, yiver
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| Concept: | Desire. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
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-verbs
desire; wish, wish for; be desirous have a longing; hope., be hungry; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork; hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to., desiderate; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at., woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle., cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke desire; whet the appetite; appetize, titillate, allure, attract, take one's fancy, tempt; hold out temptation, hold out allurement; tantalize, make one's mouth water, faire venir l'eau a la. bouche., gratify desire (give pleasure).
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| Antonyms: | indifference; dislike |
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