| tantalize | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
| envy | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. enviousness, envy | a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another. |
| ~ bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. |
| ~ covetousness | an envious eagerness to possess something. |
| ~ green-eyed monster, jealousy | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival). |
| ~ penis envy | (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity. |
| n. (act) | 2. envy, invidia | spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins). |
| ~ deadly sin, mortal sin | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace.; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. envy | feel envious towards; admire enviously. |
| ~ admire, look up to | feel admiration for. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. begrudge, envy | be envious of; set one's heart on. |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| ~ covet | wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person).; "She covets her sister's house" |
| yen | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. hankering, yen | a yearning for something or to do something. |
| ~ longing, yearning, hungriness | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. yen | the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen. |
| ~ sen | a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel. |
| ~ japanese monetary unit | monetary unit in Japan. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. ache, languish, pine, yearn, yen | have a desire for something or someone who is not present.; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" |
| ~ die | languish as with love or desire.; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" |
| ~ hanker, long, yearn | desire strongly or persistently. |
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