lusts after
Yearns for badly
Lusts after means to desire intensely, especially in a sexual way.
To lust after someone is to want them physically: He's been lusting after her for years.
The phrase extends to non-sexual cravings—lusting after wealth, power, or possessions—though with a suggestion of improper or excessive wanting.
- burning desireIntense emotional craving
- desireIntense wanting
- heart's desireOne's truest want
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
chasing · eyes on the prize · craving · fantasizing · yearning · obsession · seducing · power · longing · beauty · out of reach · fixation · dreaming · manipulating · infatuation · scheming · envy · greed