desireth
Craveth with yearning
Desireth is an archaic form of "desires," using the old English third-person singular ending -eth.
It appears in the King James Bible and other Early Modern English texts: The soul desireth not to be found.
Modern readers encounter it primarily in religious contexts or deliberate archaism.
longing
Intense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
nostalgia · hankering · hope · aspiration · wishfulness · fervor · eagerness · thirst
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
wistfulness · nostalgia · hankering · hope · aspiration · wishfulness · fervor · eagerness · thirst · hunger
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- zealIntense driving devotion
ecstasy · devotion · obsession · rapture · carnality · sensuality · amour · libido · appetite · fascination
coveteth
Archaic: intensely desires
- unconscious desiresWants below awareness
- burning desireIntense emotional craving
- heart's desireOne's truest want
- left much to be desiredWas unsatisfactory or lacking
- leaves much to be desiredInadequate, needing improvement
- sexual desireCraving for physical intimacy