2
be deprived(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
exact(verb, take, desire, provoke, demand)
2
feel a dearth of(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
feel the necessity for(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
feel the pinch(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
go hungry(verb, expression, take, desire, exact)
2
hanker(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
have occasion to(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
have use for(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
hunger(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
hurt for(verb, expression, take, desire, exact)
2
long(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
lust(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
pine(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
suffer privation(verb, expression, take, desire, exact)
2
thirst(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
want something(verb, expression, take, desire, exact)
2
yearn(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
yen for(verb, expression, take, desire, exact)
1
shortness(noun, want, need, deficiency, absence)
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