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(n)
A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
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(v)
(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
A need or compelling desire for food.
To want; to wish for earnestly.
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
A mental or emotional state, composure.
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
(adj)
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
(usually) The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
(N)
"Wanna" is a song by South Korean girl group Kara from their second studio album, Revolution.
A wistful or melancholy longing.
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
(often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
(often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
The imagination.
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
(US, chiefly Louisiana) A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food.
A gaping after; eager desire; craving.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
The situation of having a thirst for something.
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
An obsessive craving, usually for drugs or alcohol.
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
One who longs or yearns for something.
Fondness for good fare; keen appetite or gluttonous desire.
Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
(slang) An intense, addiction-like craving or desire for love, especially romantic love.
(obsolete) Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
The desire to purchase goods and services.
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
The act of one who lusts.
Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
Something that constrains; a restriction.
(idiomatic) A strong desire to travel; wanderlust.
(idiomatic) A ravenous hunger; a large appetite.
An urgent demand.
(slang, vulgar) An erection of the penis.
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.
The state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
Voracious and greedy.
A feeling or expression of anguish.
An infatuation; an irrational liking for something.
The quality of being ardent.
Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor.
Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
An overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.
(archaic) Greediness; voracity; rapacity.
Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
The quality or condition of being urgent.
Causing physical or mental agony.
That which throbs.
The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; gulp.
(obsolete) Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
(vulgar, slang) An erect penis.
(American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Effort; the act of one who strives.
A feeling or expression of rapture; great joy.
(slang) A strong desire to form intense emotional connections, stereotypically associated with lesbians.
(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.
A psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
Violent uncontrolled anger.
Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
The vice of eating to excess.
A process or action of agonizing.
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
The condition of being passionate.
Extreme pain.
(informal) A fervent, usually sudden, desire to do something surprising or unexpected.
(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
Synonym of exigenter.
A constant and insistent demanding.
The condition of being parched; absolute dryness.
Enthusiasm for preparing and/or eating good food.
The pursuit of sexual indulgence or pleasure.
(now rare) Excessive appetite; greed, gluttony.