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51starve — v 1. die, perish, starve to death, Archaic. famish. 2. go hungry, go without food, fast, suffer from hunger, hunger, be hungry, be famished, crave food, be ravenous, Inf. lick one s chops. 3.Usu. starve for want, hunger for, long for, pine for,… …
52long — I adjective a long silence before long Syn: lengthy, extended, prolonged, extensive, protracted, long lasting, long drawn out, drawn out, spun out, dragged out, seemingly endless, lingering, interminable Ant …
53covet — v 1. desire, want, long for, wish for, have an appetite for; fancy, have an eye on, ogle, set one s heart on, yearn for, hanker for, sigh for, pine for; aim after, aspire to, set one s sights on, dream of. 2. be bent upon, thirst after, crave,… …
54crave — v 1. desire, covet, want, want with all one s heart, want in the worst way, be dying for; long for, yearn for, hunger for, thirst for, pant for, lust for, hanker for, Inf. yen for. 2. require, need, demand, necessitate, dictate, call for, cry out …
55hope — n 1. expectation, desire, longing, want, fancy, wish; eagerness, craving, yearning, hankering, longing, Inf. yen, Sl. letch; aspiration, ambition, dream, daydream, hopefulness. 2. promise, prospect, assurance, security, expectancy, confidence,… …
56hunger — n 1. hungriness, appetite, appetition, appetence, stomach, taste; tapeworm, Pathol. bulimia, canine appetite, Inf. sweet tooth; ravenousness, edacity, voraciousness. 525 2. craving, thirst, coveting, want; yearning, longing, pining, desire, yen,… …
57languish — v 1. droop, fade, fail, flag, wilt; weaken, decline, soften, give, sag, yield; go downhill, come apart at the seams, Sl. poop out, Sl. fizzle out, Sl. peter out, devitalize, enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, sap; fag, weary, tire, exhaust, fatigue …
58ache — 1. noun 1) a stomachache Syn: pain, cramp, twinge, pang; gnawing, stabbing, stinging, smarting; soreness, tenderness, irritation, discomfort 2) the ache in her heart Syn …
59sigh — verb 1) she sighed with relief Syn: breathe out, exhale; groan, moan 2) the wind sighed in the trees Syn: rustle, whisper, murmur, sough 3) he sighed for younger days gone by …
60lust — n 1. sexual appetite, libido, Eros, biological urge, sexual longing; sexual desire, aphrodisia, sex drive, sex energy, hot blood; sexuality, voluptuousness, sexiness, fleshliness, eroticism; rut, heat, Zool. estrus, (in female animals) Dial.… …
