N. excitability,
impetuosity,
vehemence,
boisterousness,
turbulence,
impatience,
intolerance, nonendurance,
irritability,
itching,
wincing, disquiet,
disquietude,
restlessness, fidgets,
fidgetiness, agitation,
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle,
hurry,
fuss,
flurry,
fluster,
flutter,
pother,
stew,
ferment,
whirl, buck fever,
hurry-skurry,
thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement,
flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame,
fume, blood boiling,
tumult,
effervescence,
ebullition, boiling over,
whiff,
gust, story,
tempest, scene, breaking out,
burst, fit,
paroxysm,
explosion, outbreak,
outburst,
agony, violence, fierceness,
rage,
fury, furor,
furore,
desperation, madness, distraction,
raving,
delirium,
phrensy,
frenzy,
hysterics,
intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger,
fascination,
infatuation,
fanaticism,
quixotism,
quixotry, tete montee
V. be impatient, not be able to bear, bear ill,
wince,
chafe, champ a bit, be in a stew, be out of all patience,
fidget,
fuss, not have a wink of sleep, toss on one's pillow, lose one's temper, break out, burst out, fly out, go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool,
explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn,
boil, boil over,
foam,
fume,
rage,
rave,
rant,
tear, go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics, run riot, run amuck, battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce
Adj. excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state,
high-strung,
irritable, impatient,
intolerant,
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical,
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed, unquiet,
mercurial, electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried, restless,
fidgety,
fussy,
chafing,
startlish,
mettlesome,
high-mettled,
skittish,
vehement,
demonstrative, violent, wild,
furious, fierce,
fiery, hot- headed,
madcap,
overzealous,
enthusiastic, impassioned,
fanatical,
rabid,
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary,
boisterous, impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate,
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless,
inextinguishable, burning,
simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting
Int. pish,
pshaw, phr, noli me tangere, "filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd", maggiore fretta minore atto
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