4
hungry(adjective, desire, keen, enthusiastic, excited)
4
impassioned
4
requesting(verb, requesting)
4
thirsty(adjective, desire, keen, enthusiastic, excited)
3
anxious(adjective, desire, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
3
begrudging(verb, adjective, suspicious, resentful, jealous)
3
believing(verb, hoping)
3
homesick(adjective, desirous, syrupy, wishful, go-go)
3
hot to trot(expression, adjective, idiom, keen, passionate)
3
liking(noun, verb, loving)
3
pining(verb, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
2
admiring(verb, loving)
2
appealing(verb, requesting)
2
avid(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
2
awaiting(verb, hoping)
2
enthusiastic(adjective, keen, excited, ready, anxious)
2
envying(verb, envying)
2
expecting(verb, hoping)
2
fancying
2
grasping(verb, adjective, eager, suspicious, hopeful)
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