feeling+a+desire

  • 61longingly — [[t]lɒ̱ŋɪŋli, AM lɔ͟ːŋ [/t]] ADV GRADED: ADV with v If you look longingly at something you want, or think longingly about it, you look at it or think about it with a feeling of desire. Claire looked longingly at the sunlit gardens outside the… …

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  • 62hungrier — hun·gry || hʌŋgrɪ adj. needing to eat, feeling a desire to eat; longing, yearning …

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  • 63hungriest — hun·gry || hʌŋgrɪ adj. needing to eat, feeling a desire to eat; longing, yearning …

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  • 64hungry — hun·gry || hʌŋgrɪ adj. needing to eat, feeling a desire to eat; longing, yearning …

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  • 65amorous — [ am(ə)rəs] adjective showing or feeling sexual desire. Derivatives amorously adverb amorousness noun Origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. amorosus, from L. amor love …

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  • 66repress — verb 1》 subdue by force. 2》 restrain, prevent, or inhibit.     ↘suppress (a thought, feeling, or desire) in oneself so that it becomes or remains unconscious. 3》 Biology prevent the transcription of (a gene). Derivatives represser noun… …

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  • 67repressed — adjective 1》 oppressed. 2》 (of a thought, feeling, or desire) kept suppressed and unconscious in one s mind.     ↘suppressing one s feelings and desires …

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  • 68desirous — a. Eager, longing, solicitous, desiring, feeling a desire …

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  • 69excited — adjective 1 happy, interested, or hopeful because something good has happened or will happen: Steve s flying home tomorrow we re all really excited. | excited crowds of shoppers (+ about): The kids are so excited about Christmas. (+ by): We were… …

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  • 70rule — 1 /ru:l/ noun 1 INSTRUCTION (C) an official instruction that says how things must be done or what is allowed, especially in a game, organization, or job: the school rules | against the rules: You can t come in if you re not a member it s against… …

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