Strong positive feeling; zeal, fervent devotion; desire.

The action of yearning (for, after, or to do something); strong desire or longing. Also as a count noun: a feeling of strong desire or longing…

The condition or fact of feeling strong desire; yearning. Formerly also: †sorrow, distress, anxiety (obsolete). Frequently with for (also after, †to)…

Yearning; pining from love. Obsolete.

desire, longing; request.

Explained in N.E.D. (1894) as: eyesickness; yearning. An editorial misreading of ȝen sueke, perhaps meaning ‘that illness’.

The action of pant, v. (in various senses); esp. quick, heavy breathing; rapid throbbing. Also as a count noun: a short, quick, laboured breath, a…

The action of green, v.2; yearning, longing.

An inclination towards, a hankering or longing after or for, a person or thing.

Longing.

Scottish. The state of longing for something or someone. With for, of. Obsolete.

Strong desire or longing; poignant grief or compassion. Also: a feeling of this kind (frequently in plural).

Hankering (after). Obsolete.

Longing after (something). Obsolete.

figurative. Extreme longing or desire. rare.

The action of tantalizing or fact of being tantalized.

An eager desire or longing; a hankering, a yearning. Frequently with prepositional phrase or infinitive expressing the object of desire. Cf. twitter…

A mental craving or longing.

Chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). A hankering, a longing. Frequently with after, for.

A strong desire or longing, esp. sexual.

A feeling or expression of yearning; a strong desire or longing. Also in extended use (cf. yearn, v.1 2b).

Sorrow, grief, or pain caused by love or longing, lovesickness; a pang of such a feeling.

A longing after something; a secret yearning.

gen. A craving, a yearning or longing.