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English meaning

  • anxiety noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
  • covet verb To want something very badly, often something that belongs to someone else.
  • crave verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
  • desire verb To want something strongly.
  • entail verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  • hunger noun The physical need or desire to eat.
  • languish verb To gradually lose strength, vitality, or spirit, especially over a long period of neglect or hardship.
  • long adjective Measuring a great distance from end to end.
  • longing noun A strong, often wistful desire for something.
  • lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.
  • yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.
  • yen noun The official currency of Japan, symbol ¥.

Senses

verlangen is used for these senses in English:

  • ache for To desire or want something, or someone, very much.
  • anxiety An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
  • covet (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
  • crave (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
  • desire (countable) Someone or something wished for.
  • desire (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
  • desire To want; to wish for earnestly.
  • desire To want emotionally or sexually.

anxiety — full definition

  1. noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
  2. noun (medical) A diagnosable disorder marked by chronic, excessive worry that interferes with daily life.

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