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Main Entry: yearn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire strongly

Synonyms:

ache, be desirous of, be eager for, be passionate, chafe, covet, crave, dream, hanker, have a crush on, have a yen for, hunger, itch, languish, long, lust, pine, set one's heart on, thirst, want, wish for

Antonyms:

dislike, hate
Main Entry: aspire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: aim, hope

Synonyms:

be ambitious, be eager, crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn
Main Entry: burn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be excited about; yearn for

Synonyms:

be angry, be aroused, be inflamed, be passionate, be stirred up, blaze, boil, breathe fire, bristle, desire, eat up, fume, lust, rage, seethe, simmer, smoulder, tingle, yearn

Antonyms:

stifle, subdue
Main Entry: envy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be jealous of another

Synonyms:

be envious, begrudge, covet, crave, desire, die over, eat one's heart out, grudge, hanker, have hard feelings, hunger, long, lust, object to, resent, thirst, turn green, want, yearn
Notes: jealousy is reflective of a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person, whereas envy expresses a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person's advantages or accomplishments; jealousy pertains to emotional rivalry while envy is resentment of a more fortunate person

Antonyms:

be confident, be content
Main Entry: hanker after/hanker for
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire strongly

Synonyms:

ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen

Antonyms:

dislike, hate
Main Entry: itch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire strongly

Synonyms:

ache, be impatient, burn, chafe, crave, hanker, have a yen for, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, sigh, thirst, want, yearn

Antonyms:

dislike, hate
Main Entry: languish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: droop; become dull, listless

Synonyms:

be disregarded, be neglected, brood, conk out, decline, desire, despond, deteriorate, die on vine, dwindle, ebb, fade, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fizzle out, flag, go soft, go to pieces, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, long, pine, repine, rot, sicken, sigh, snivel, sorrow, suffer, tucker, waste, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn

Antonyms:

flourish, grow, improve, strengthen
Main Entry: long
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire, crave

Synonyms:

ache, aim, aspire, covet, dream of, hanker, have a yen for, hunger, itch, lust, miss, pine, sigh, spoil for, suspire, thirst, want, wish, yearn

Antonyms:

despise, dislike, hate
Main Entry: lust
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire strongly

Synonyms:

ache, be consumed with desire, be hot for, covet, crave, hanker, hunger for, itch, long, need, pine, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen

Antonyms:

be chaste, be pure, dislike
Main Entry: miss
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: want; feel a loss

Synonyms:

crave, desire, long, need, pine, wish, yearn

Antonyms:

don't want
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