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Longing
Longing
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(noun)
a strong, usually unattainable, desire for someone or something;
e.g. She was longing for summer vacation as the school days seemed to drag on.
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Abhorrence
Abomination
Allergy
Apathy
Aversion
Disfavor
Disgust
Disinclination
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Distaste
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Insouciance
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Affection
Agog
Agonizing
Antsy
Anxious
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Ardent
Avarice
Avid
Avidity
Compulsion
Crazy
Cupidity
Desirous
Devotion
Eager
Enthused
Favor
Fetish
Fixation
Fondness
Geeked
Great
Greed
Greedy
Gung ho
Hopped-up
Hot
Hungry
Impatience
Impatient
Impulse
Impulsion
Juiced
Keen
Like
Liking
Mania
Necessity
Need
Nuts
Obsession
Partiality
Preference
Preoccupation
Prepossession
Pumped
Rapacity
Raring
Relish
Requirement
Shine
Solicitous
Stoked
Taste
Thirsty
Troubling
Use
Voracious
Want
Weakness
Wild
Will
Willing
Wish
Worrying
Zeal
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