17
yearning(noun, verb, adjective, keen, wild)
15
desirous(adjective, desire, keen, enthusiastic, excited)
10
longing(verb, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
10
wanting(verb, adjective, eager, avid, greedy)
9
wishing(verb, adjective, keen, anxious, eager)
8
hoping(verb, adjective, hoping)
8
needing(verb, adjective, keen, enthusiastic, short)
7
coveting(verb, adjective, suspicious, resentful, jealous)
7
craving(noun, verb, adjective, desire, keen)
7
eager(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
6
hungering(verb, adjective, wishful, piggish, begging)
5
demanding(verb, adjective, avid, greedy, wanting)
5
envious(adjective, anxious, eager, green, desirous)
5
thirsting(verb, adjective, keen, eager, heated)
5
wishful(adjective, desire, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
4
lusting(verb, hungering)
4
appetent(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
4
aspiring(verb, adjective, keen, eager, desirous)
4
athirst(adjective, desire, keen, enthusiastic, excited)
4
hankering(verb, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
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