N. willingness,
voluntariness, willing mind, heart, disposition, inclination,
leaning,
animus, frame of mind,
humor,
mood, vein, bent,
penchant,
aptitude,
docility,
docibleness,
persuasibleness,
persuasibility,
pliability,
geniality,
cordiality, goodwill,
alacrity,
readiness, earnestness, forwardness, eagerness,
asset,
compliance, pleasure, gratuitous service, labor of love,
volunteer,
volunteering V. be willing,
incline, lean to, mind,
propend, had as lief, lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear, have a half a mind to, have a great mind to, hold to, cling to, desire, see fit, think good, think proper,
acquiesce, comply with, swallow the bait, nibble at the bait, gorge the hook, have no scruple of, make no scruple of, make no bones of, jump at, catch at, meet halfway,
volunteer Adj. willing, minded,
fain, disposed,
inclined, favorable, favorably- minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed, nothing loth, in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind, ready, forward, earnest, eager, bent upon, predisposed,
propense,
docile,
persuadable,
persuasible,
suasible, easily persuaded,
facile,
easy-going, tractable,
genial,
gracious,
cordial,
cheering,
hearty, content, voluntary,
gratuitous,
spontaneous, unasked &c. (ask ), unforced
Adv. willingly,
fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul, with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms, with good will, with right will, de bonne volonte, ex animo, con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord,
graciously, with a good grace, a la bonne heure, by all means, by all manner of means, to one's heart's content,
yes N. affections, affect, character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone, temper,
temperament,
diathesis,
idiosyncrasy, cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul,
predilection, turn, natural turn of mind, bent,
bias, predisposition,
proneness,
proclivity,
propensity, propenseness,
propension, propendency|, vein,
humor,
mood, grain,
mettle, sympathy, soul, heart, breast,
bosom, inner man, heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood, heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis, secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart, inmost heart, inmost soul,
backbone, passion, pervading spirit, ruling passion, master passion,
furore, fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul, energy,
fervor, fire, force
V. have affections, possess affections, be of a character, be affected,
breathe Adj. affected, characterized, formed,
molded, cast,
attempered, tempered, framed, predisposed,
prone,
inclined, having a bias, tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with, inborn,
inbred, ingrained, deep-rooted,
ineffaceable,
inveterate, pathoscopic|,
congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature,
inherent, in the grain, affective
Adv. in one's heart, at heart, heart and soul
Phr. "affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffer'd it will set the heart on fire"
N. desire, wish, fancy,
fantasy, want, need,
exigency, mind, inclination,
leaning, bent,
animus,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection,
propensity, willingness, liking, love, fondness,
relish, longing,
hankering,
inkling,
solicitude,
anxiety,
yearning,
coveting,
aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition, eagerness, zeal,
ardor, empressement, breathless impatience,
overanxiety,
impetuosity,
&c. 825,
appetite,
appetition,
appetence,
appetency, sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist,
thirst,
thirstiness,
drouth, mouthwatering,
itch,
itching,
prurience,
cacoethes,
cupidity,
lust,
concupiscence, edge of appetite, edge of hunger, torment of tantalus, sweet tooth, lickerish tooth, itching palm, longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye,
greed,
voracity, passion,
rage,
furore,
mania, manie|, inextinguishable desire,
dipsomania,
kleptomania, lover,
amateur,
votary,
devotee,
aspirant,
solicitant,
candidate,
applicant,
supplicant,
cormorant,
desideratum, want, "a consummation devoutly to be wished", attraction, magnet,
allurement, fancy,
temptation,
seduction,
fascination,
prestige, height of one's ambition,
idol,
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey,
maggot,
hobby, hobby-horse, fortunatus's cap, wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well
V. desire, wish, wish for, be desirous, have a longing, hope, care for, affect, like, list, take to, cling to, take a fancy to, fancy,
prefer, have an eye, have a mind to, find it in one's heart, 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, 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, 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,
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, gratify desire
Adj. desirous, desiring,
inclined, partial to,
fain, wishful,
optative, anxious,
wistful, curious, at a loss for,
sedulous,
solicitous,
craving,
hungry,
sharp-set,
peckish,
ravening, with an empty stomach,
esurient,
lickerish,
thirsty,
athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger,
famished, dry,
drouthy, hungry as a hunter, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a church mouse, hungry as a bear,
greedy, unsatisfied, unsated,
unslaked,
unsaturated, eager,
avid, keen, burning,
fervent, ardent,
agog, all agog, breathless, impatient, bent on, intent on, set on, bent upon, intent upon, set upon, mad after,
enrage,
rabid, dying for, devoured by desire,
aspiring, ambitious,
vaulting, skyaspiring,
high-reaching, desirable, desired, in demand, pleasing,
appetizing,
appetible,
tantalizing Int. would that, would that it were, o for, esto perpetual phr, the wish being father to the thought, sua cuique voluptas, hoc erat in votis, the mouth watering, the fingers itching, aut caesar aut nullus, "cassius has a lean and hungry look", "hungry as the grave", "i was born to other things", "not what we wish but what we want", "such joy ambition finds", "the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none", ubi mel ibi apes