5
ardent(adjective, keen, energetic, enthusiastic, excited)
5
avid(noun, adjective, keen, energetic, wild)
5
coveting(noun, verb, desire, wish, desiring)
5
fondness(noun, love, passion, desire, taste)
5
grasping(verb, adjective, eager, desirous, hopeful)
5
greedy(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
5
liking(noun, feeling, drive, power, love)
5
lusting(verb, adjective, keen, anxious, dry)
5
want(noun, love, passion, right, desire)
4
animalism(noun, feeling, passion, desire, yearning)
4
anxiety(noun, desire)
4
aphrodisia(noun, feeling, passion, desire, wish)
4
carnality(noun, feeling, desire, yearning, envy)
4
demand(noun, passion, right, desire, taste)
4
dream(noun, desire, hope, objective, ambition)
4
drive(noun, love, passion, desire, spirit)
4
enthusiasm(noun, drive, love, passion, desire)
4
eroticism(noun, feeling, passion, desire, wish)
4
fervour(noun, feeling, desire, sensualism)
4
hoping(verb, adjective, desiring)
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