| avaricious(adjective, keen, passionate, enthusiastic, ardent) |
| barren(adjective, hard, dry, bare, stale) |
| bone-dry(adjective, hard, dry, bare, desirous) |
| breathless(adjective, strong, keen, intense, passionate) |
| cottonmouthed(adjective, anxious, dry, eager, desirous) |
| enthusiastic(adjective, strong, keen, intense, energetic) |
| itching for(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, anxious) |
| ravening(adjective, desire, wishful, piggish, begging) |
| ravenous(adjective, keen, passionate, enthusiastic, ardent) |
| ready and willing(expression, adjective, idiom, concern, keen) |
| absorptive |
| ambitious(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready) |
| bibulous |
| crazy for(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, anxious) |
| drouthy(adjective, desire, desert, drought, waste land) |
| dying for(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, anxious) |
| earnest(adjective, strong, kind, keen, intense) |
| famished(adjective, desire, hungry) |
| inclined(adjective, desire, dry, desirous, parched) |
| itching(adjective, keen, eager) |