4
craving(noun, adjective, desire, keen, wild)
4
languishing(noun, adjective, eager, desirous)
4
pining(noun, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
4
solicitous(adjective, desire, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
4
wishing(adjective, anxious, eager, desirous, syrupy)
3
anxious(adjective, desire, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
3
agog(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
3
ambitious(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
3
appetent(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
3
covetous(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
3
fain(adjective, desire, suspicious, resentful, jealous)
3
flimsy(adjective, poor, implausible, unconvincing)
3
keen(adjective, enthusiastic, excited, ready, anxious)
3
longful(adjective, anxious, eager, desirous, syrupy)
3
partial to(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, desire)
3
willing(adjective, desire, keen, enthusiastic, excited)
3
would-be(adjective, eager, hopeful, prospective, aspiring)
2
contemplative(adjective, melancholy, thoughtful, pensive)
2
lickerish
2
lustful(adjective, eager, desirous, hopeful, wanting)
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