| 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: | yearning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
Synonyms: |
ache, ambition, appetite, aspiration, craving, craze, eagerness, fancy, fascination, hankering*, hunger, infatuation, liking, longing, love, need, passion, thirst, urge, want |
| Main Entry: | amatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affectionate, desirous |
Synonyms: |
admiring, amorous, aphrodisiac, ardent, attracted, devoted, doting, erotic, fervent, fond, languishing, lovesick, loving, passionate, rapturous, romantic, sentimental, tender, wooing, yearning |
Antonyms: |
hateful, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | ambition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong desire for success |
Synonyms: |
appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire in belly, get up and go, hankering*, hope, hunger, initiative, itch, keenness, longing, love, lust, moxie*, passion, pretension, push, right stuff, spirit, striving, thirst, vigor, yearning, zeal |
Antonyms: |
apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
Synonyms: |
agog, ardent, avid, breathless, desirous, enthusiastic, expectant, fervent, impatient, intent, itching, keen, thirsty, yearning, zealous |
Antonyms: |
dreading, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | appetite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire for food, worldly goods |
Synonyms: |
appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, craving, demand, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot, stomach, sweet tooth, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest |
Antonyms: |
antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | aspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, hope |
Synonyms: |
aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, fire in the belly, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning |
| 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: | compassion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tender feeling |
Synonyms: |
benevolence, charity, clemency, commiseration, compunction, condolence, consideration, empathy, fellow feeling, grace, heart, humaneness, humanity, kindness, lenity, mercy, softheartedness, softness, sorrow, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness, yearning |
Antonyms: |
cruelty, harshness, hatred, indifference, meanness, mercilessness, tyranny |