hanker+after
61covet — v. a. 1. Desire, long for, aim after, aspire to. 2. Desire inordinately, long for enviously, lust after, hanker after …
62desire — I. n. 1. Wish, will, aspiration. 2. Longing, craving, hankering, inclination, proclivity, impulse, drawing, appetency, appetite. 3. Sexual love, love, passion. 4. Brute passion, sexual appetite, lust. II. v. a. 1. Wish, crave, covet, want, fancy …
63desire — v 1. wish for, long for, desiderate, want; yearn for, hope for, care for, pine for, sigh for; hanker after, have a yen for, covet, fancy, have a fancy for; have an eye to, be attracted to, have a mind to, have at heart, be bent upon; be inclined… …
64fancy — n 1. imagination, creativity, originality; conception, origination, generation, creation, invention, fabrication, formation. 2. mental image, visualization, picture; conception, concept, thought, notion, idea, abstraction, conceptualization;… …
65thirst — n 1. thirstiness, Med. polydipsia; dryness, parchedness, dehydration, desiccation. 2. craving, strong desire, eagerness, avidity, lust, lustfulness; desirousness, appetency, appetite, hunger, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness; rapacity, rapa… …
66yearn — v desire, wish for, long for, set one s heart on, desiderate, want; hope for, care for, pine for, sigh for; hanker after, have a yen for, covet, fancy, have a fancy for; have an eye to, be attracted to, have a mind to, have at heart, be bent… …
67lust for — {v. phr.} To physically yearn for; hanker after; want something very strongly. * /Ed has been lusting after Meg for a very long time./ …
68spoil for — {v. phr.} To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. * /After a few drinks it became embarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight./ Compare: HANKER AFTER, LUST FOR …
69lust for — {v. phr.} To physically yearn for; hanker after; want something very strongly. * /Ed has been lusting after Meg for a very long time./ …
70spoil for — {v. phr.} To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. * /After a few drinks it became embarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight./ Compare: HANKER AFTER, LUST FOR …
