set heart on

VERB

desire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

covet crave long for want

STRONG

desiderate fancy hunger for like lust after pine thirst yearn for

WEAK

aspire to be smitten be turned on by die over fall for give eyeteeth for go for hanker after have eyes for have the hots for make advances to take a liking to take a shine to take to wish for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

loathe

STRONG

abjure despise reject

WEAK

dislike shun

Example Sentences

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Tak my word for it; never set heart on yon Ralph: he's a doomed man.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir