eager+desire
51Hungriest — Hungry Hun gry, a. [Compar. {Hungrier}; superl. {Hungriest}.] [AS. hungrid. See {Hunger}.] 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire. [1913 Webster] 2. Showing… …
52Hungry — Hun gry, a. [Compar. {Hungrier}; superl. {Hungriest}.] [AS. hungrid. See {Hunger}.] 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire. [1913 Webster] 2. Showing hunger or a… …
53hunger — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hungor; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture Date: before 12th century 1. a. a craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient b. an uneasy sensation occasioned …
54António Nobre — António Pereira Nobre (Porto August 16 1867 March 18 1900) was a Portuguese poet. He died of tuberculosis in Foz do Douro, Porto, in 1900, after trying to recover in a number of places. His masterpiece Só (Paris, 1892), was the only book he… …
55craving — cravingly, adv. cravingness, n. /kray ving/, n. great or eager desire; yearning. [1250 1300; ME; see CRAVE, ING1] Syn. See desire. * * * …
56thirst — thirster, n. /therrst/, n. 1. a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid. 2. the physical condition resulting from this need, in any of various degrees: They almost died of thirst. 3. strong or eager desire; craving:… …
57thirst — 1. noun a) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the… …
58lustful — O.E. lustfull wishful, desirous, having an eager desire; see LUST (Cf. lust) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Specifically of sexual desire from 1570s. Related: Lustfully; lustfulness. Middle English also had lustsome, which was used in a sense of… …
59longing — n. Craving, yearning, earnest desire, eager desire, aspiration …
60curious — 1 Curious, inquisitive, prying, snoopy, nosy are comparable when meaning interested in finding out or in a search for facts that are not one s personal concern. Curious need not imply objectionable qualities such as intrusiveness or impertinence …
