Other words for longing (to see somebody who has been away): “She had been so lonely—she was really ________ (to see him).” [Early QRs: To keep wishing for something very much: “She had been so lonely—she was really ________ (to see him).”]
| ANXIOUS | 310 |
| PINING | 164 |
| DYING | 131 |
| NR | 100 |
| YEARNING | 72 |
| LONGING | 60 |
| HOPING | 31 |
| GLAD | 30 |
| WANTING | 29 |
| ACHING | 28 |
| CRAZY | 19 |
| EAGER | 18 |
| LONESOME | 18 |
| WISHING | 17 |
| HOMESICK | 16 |
| HAPPY | 9 |
| HAD A YEN | 7 |
| HANKERING | 7 |
| LOOKING FORWARD | 7 |
| PERISHING | 7 |
| DESPERATE | 6 |
| WAITING | 6 |
| CRAVING | 5 |
| HOT | 5 |
| PINING AWAY | 5 |
| DESIRING | 4 |
| HEART-SICK | 4 |
| HONING | 4 |
| HUNGRY | 4 |
| HURTING | 4 |
| GRIEVING | 3 |
| ANTICIPATING | 2 |
| BLUE | 2 |
| CAN’T WAIT | 2 |
| DESIROUS | 2 |
| EXCITED | 2 |
| HOPEFUL | 2 |
| IMPATIENT | 2 |
| LONELY | 2 |
| OVERANXIOUS | 2 |
| PROUD | 2 |
| ANTSY | 1 |
| BENT ON | 1 |
| BESIDE HERSELF | 1 |
| BROODING | 1 |
| CAN HARDLY WAIT | 1 |
| CARRIED AWAY | 1 |
| CHOMPIN’ AT THE BIT | 1 |
| COULD HARDLY WAIT | 1 |
| COULDN’T WAIT | 1 |
| COUNTING THE DAYS | 1 |
| CRYING HER HEART OUT | 1 |
| DEAD | 1 |
| DESIRE | 1 |
| DESIRED | 1 |
| DESIREFUL | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE DUMPS | 1 |
| DOWN-HEARTED | 1 |
| DREAMING | 1 |
| DROOLING | 1 |
| FRANTIC | 1 |
| FUSSING | 1 |
| HAD LONGED | 1 |
| HEAVING | 1 |
| I’D LIKE TO SEE HER | 1 |
| I’D LOVE TO SEE HER | 1 |
| IN A STATE | 1 |
| IN A STEW | 1 |
| IN DESPAIR | 1 |
| ITCHING | 1 |
| JUST ABOUT SICK | 1 |
| JUST CRAZY | 1 |
| JUST WILD | 1 |
| KEEN | 1 |
| KEYED UP | 1 |
| LONGED | 1 |
| LOTTING ON | 1 |
| MAD | 1 |
| MISSING HIM | 1 |
| MOONING | 1 |
| MOST DESIROUS | 1 |
| NEVER SATISFIED | 1 |
| OVERCOME | 1 |
| OVERJOYED | 1 |
| OVERLY ANXIOUS | 1 |
| OVERWHELMED | 1 |
| PINING FOR | 1 |
| PRAYING | 1 |
| READY AND WAITING | 1 |
| SUFFERING | 1 |
| TICKLED PINK | 1 |
| TICKLED TO DEATH | 1 |
| UPTIGHT | 1 |
| WAITING ON HIM TO COME IN | 1 |
| WANTED | 1 |
| WEARYING | 1 |
| WILD | 1 |
| WISHFUL | 1 |
| WORKED UP | 1 |
| WORRIED | 1 |
| WORRIED ABOUT | 1 |
| WORRYING | 1 |
| YEARNED | 1 |
| YENNING | 1 |
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