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ardor(noun, feeling, drive, love, respect)
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avid(noun, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
5
concupiscence(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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covetousness(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
5
desiring(verb, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
5
eroticism(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
5
fondness(feeling, love, respect, regard, passion)
5
hungering(noun, verb, desire, wish, will)
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pruriency(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
5
salaciousness(noun, feeling, desire, longing, yearning)
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salacity(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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wishful(noun, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
4
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4
adoration(noun, feeling, love, respect, esteem)
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affection(noun, feeling, love, respect, regard)
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animalism(noun, feeling, desire, longing, yearning)
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aphrodisia(noun, feeling, desire, wish, impulse)
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attraction(noun, love, regard, passion, desire)
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