5
proclivity(noun, movement, feeling, desire, taste)
5
response(noun, feeling, character, mind, attitude)
5
sensation(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
5
sociability(noun, company, understanding, love, agreement)
5
susceptibility(noun, movement, feeling, fancy, weakness)
5
symptom(noun, nature, feature, characteristic, quality)
5
syndrome(noun, trouble, disorder, evil, disease)
5
thing(noun, activity, nature, feature, characteristic)
5
turn(noun, nature, feature, movement, quality)
5
yearning(noun, feeling, respect, passion, taste)
5
yen(noun, love, regard, desire, taste)
4
amorousness(noun, feeling, love, desire, devotion)
4
appetite(noun, feeling, love, fancy, taste)
4
approbation(noun, love, honor, praise, favor)
4
approval(noun, calm, love, honor, praise)
4
blight(disorder, illness, defect, sickness, affliction)
4
congeniality(noun, friendship, amiability)
4
distemper(disorder, illness, defect, sickness, affliction)
4
disturbance(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
4
ecstasy(noun, feeling, drive, love, passion)
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