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(adj)
Full of longing or yearning.
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(n)
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”). [The letter ص in the Arabic script.]
(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
a specific feeling of desire
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.
The state of being willing
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
(countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
A solemn promise to do something.
A region of space that contains no matter.
(usually in the plural) One who is thirsty (for a drink, sex, alcohol, etc.).
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
An instance of vacuuming.
The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
(nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.
A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
A strong desire; yearning.
(often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
The act of one who pines.
The state or characteristic of being wistful.
(v)
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
A need or compelling desire for food.
A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
(obsolete) An emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity.
(obsolete) Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.
(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
(obsolete) Lamentation.
(obsolete) Lamentation; grief.
The act of lamenting.
Lamentation.
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
The act of one who bewails something.
Obsolete spelling of desire. [(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.]
Lacking of vigor or spirit.
(archaic) The act of bewailing.
An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
(obsolete or nonstandard) willingness; desire
The act of feeling sorrow.
(obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
(obsolete) sorrow
anguish
An awaiting; expectation.
Obsolete spelling of want. [(countable) A desire, wish, longing.]
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
(linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
(obsolete) languishment
An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
Hoping to become.
Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
Obsolete spelling of wish. [(transitive) To desire; to want.]
An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
A heartfelt plea.
Obsolete spelling of wish. [A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.]
Discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
A deeply serious and somber prayer or entreaty.
(rare) Bitterness, sorrow.
(obsolete) A wish; a desire.
Archaic form of woefulness. [The quality of being woeful.]
(archaic) An earnest wishing or desire.
(obsolete) A foreboding.
A yearning for something base or vile.
A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
loss
(archaic) Something needed or wanted.
(archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
(archaic, informal, with the) A state of melancholy, sadness, ennui.
(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
Obsolete form of eagerness. [The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.]
(archaic) Vagrancy, wandering.
(New Mexico) homesickness, nostalgia
(obsolete, rare) The quality of being pursive.
Obsolete form of melancholy. [(historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.]
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
Alternative form of woefare. [Discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.]
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
(obsolete, rare) Care or sorrow.
(transitive) To influence or alter.
Obsolete form of melancholic. [A person who is habitually melancholy.]
(poetic) Alternative form of suffering. [The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.]
(archaic) Wearying; distress.