4
impatient(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
4
insatiable(noun, adjective, need, desirous, avid)
4
keenness(noun, drive, love, passion, desire)
4
lewdness(noun, feeling, desire, longing, envy)
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licentiousness(noun, feeling, desire, longing, envy)
4
lovesick(adjective, tender, anxious, eager, desirous)
4
motive(noun, love, passion, desire, fancy)
4
sensualism(noun, feeling, desire, longing, envy)
4
sensuality(noun, feeling, desire, longing, envy)
4
sentimental(noun, adjective, adverb, tender, desirous)
4
sentimentality(noun, melancholy, longing, regret, languor)
4
tenderness(noun, feeling, empathy, respect, passion)
4
wantonness(noun, feeling, desire, longing, envy)
4
wistfulness(noun, melancholy, longing, regret, languor)
4
worship(noun, feeling, respect, passion, taste)
4
zeal(noun, feeling, drive, love, respect)
3
acquisitiveness(noun, passion, desire, eagerness, greed)
3
agog(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
3
appetency(noun, strong, drive, passion, desire)
3
dying(verb, adjective)
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