| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A strong wanting of what promises enjoyment or pleasure: appetence, appetency, appetite, craving, hunger, itch, longing, lust, thirst, wish, yearning, yen. See DESIRE. 2. Sexual hunger: amativeness, concupiscence, eroticism, erotism, itch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, passion, prurience, pruriency. See DESIRE, SEX. | | VERB: | 1. To have the desire or inclination to: choose, like1, please, want, will, wish. Idioms: have a mind, see fit. See DESIRE. 2. To have a strong longing for: ache, covet, hanker, long2, pant, pine, want, wish, yearn. Informal : hone2. See DESIRE.
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