edge of appetite, edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth,
lickerish tooth[obs3]; itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep’s eye.
     [excessive desire for money] greed &c. 817a.
     voracity &c. (gluttony) 957.
     passion, rage, furore[obs3], mania, manie|; inextinguishable desire;
dipsomania, kleptomania.
     [Person who desires] lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant,
solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant &c. 957.
     [Object of desire] desideratum; want &c. (requirement) 630; “a
consummation devoutly to be wished”; attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one’s ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey[obs3]; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse. 
     Fortunatus’s cap; wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well. 
     V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c. adj. have a longing &c. n.;
hope &c. 858.
     care for, affect, like, list; take to, cling to, take a fancy to;
fancy; prefer &c. (choose) 609.
     have an eye, have a mind to; find it in one’s heart &c. (be willing)
602; have a fancy for, set one’s eyes upon; cast a sheep’s eye upon, look sweet upon; take into one’s head, have at heart, be bent upon; set one’s cap at, set one’s heart upon, set one’s mind upon; covet.
     want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do;
would be glad of.
     be hungry &c. adj.; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork;
hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to.
     desiderate[obs3]; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for,
pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at.
     woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for;
ogle.
     cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke
desire; whet the appetite; appetize[obs3], titillate, allure, attract, take one’s fancy, tempt; hold out temptation, hold out allurement; tantalize, make one’s mouth water, faire venir l’eau a la bouche [Fr].
     gratify desire &c. (give pleasure) 829. 
     Adj. desirous; desiring &c. v.; inclined &c. (willing) 602; partial
to; fain, wishful, optative[obs3]; anxious, wistful, curious; at a loss for, sedulous, solicitous. craving, hungry, sharp-set, peckish[obs3], ravening, with an empty stomach, esurient[obs3], lickerish[obs3], thirsty, athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger, famished, dry, drouthy[obs3]; hungry as a hunter, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a church mouse, hungry as a bear.
     [excessively desirous] greedy &c. 817a.
     unsatisfied, unsated, unslaked; unsaturated.
     eager, avid, keen; burning, fervent, ardent; agog; all agog;
breathless; impatient &c. (impetuous) 825; bent on, intent on, set on, bent upon, intent upon, set upon;