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avid(noun, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
6
concupiscence(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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excitement(noun, feeling, desire, enthusiasm, keenness)
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homesickness(noun, melancholy, longing, regret, languor)
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mania(noun, love, passion, desire, fancy)
6
need(noun, love, passion, desire, fancy)
6
nostalgia(noun, desire, melancholy, longing, regret)
6
prurience(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
6
wanting(verb, adjective, eager, avid, greedy)
5
infatuation(noun, feeling, love, respect, passion)
5
keen(adjective, energetic, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
5
thirsting(noun, verb, adjective, keen, anxious)
5
adoration(noun, feeling, love, affection, tenderness)
5
affection(noun, feeling, empathy, respect, passion)
5
appetition(noun, feeling, passion, desire, taste)
5
attachment(noun, feeling, empathy, respect, passion)
5
begrudging(verb, adjective, suspicious, resentful, jealous)
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compassion(noun, feeling, empathy, concern, tender)
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envy(noun, feeling, desire, longing, sensualism)
5
eroticism(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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