NOUN | feeling | desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
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attribute | desire | an inclination to want things | |
state | desire | something that is desired | |
VERB | emotion | desire, want | feel or have a desire for |
emotion | desire, hope, trust | expect and wish | |
emotion | desire | express a desire for |
Sounds | dihzay'er | |
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Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... |
Meaning | The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. | |
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Narrower | ambition, aspiration, dream | A cherished desire |
bloodlust | A desire for bloodshed | |
caprice, impulse, whim | A sudden desire | |
craving | An intense desire for some particular thing | |
longing, yearning, hungriness | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | |
sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction | A desire for sexual intimacy | |
temptation | The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid | |
urge, itch | A strong restless desire | |
wish, wishing, want | A specific feeling of desire | |
Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
Spanish | deseo, gana | |
Catalan | desig | |
Verbs | desire | feel or have a desire for |
Meaning | An inclination to want things. | |
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Example | "a man of many desires" | |
Narrower | greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness | Strong desire for something (not food or drink) | |
Broader | tendency, inclination | A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character / character or effect |
Spanish | deseo | |
Catalan | desig | |
Verbs | desire | feel or have a desire for |
desire | express a desire for | |
desire | expect and wish |
Meaning | Something that is desired. | |
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Narrower | materialism, philistinism | A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters |
rage, passion | Something that is desired intensely | |
Broader | arousal | A state of heightened physiological activity |
Spanish | deseo | |
Catalan | desig | |
Adjectives | desirous | having or expressing desire for something |
Verbs | desire | feel or have a desire for |
desire | express a desire for | |
desire | expect and wish |
Meaning | Feel or have a desire for; want strongly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They desire to move | |
Synonym | want | |
Narrower | ambition | Have as one's ambition |
crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust | Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | |
envy, begrudge | Be envious of | |
fancy, go for, take to | Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for | |
feel like | Have an inclination for something or some activity | |
hanker, long, yearn | desire strongly or persistently | |
hope | Be optimistic | |
itch, spoil | Have a strong desire or urge to do something | |
like | Want to have | |
lust after, lech after | Have a strong sexual desire for | |
miss | Feel or suffer from the lack of | |
seek | try to get or reach / reach | |
wish | hope for | |
wish, wish well | Feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of | |
wish, care, like | prefer or wish to do something | |
Spanish | desear, querer | |
Catalan | desitjar, voler | |
Nouns | desire | an inclination to want things |
desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state | |
desire | something that is desired |
Meaning | Expect and wish. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They desire to move | |
Synonyms | hope, trust | |
Broader | wish | hope for |
Spanish | aspirar, confiar, esperar | |
Catalan | aspirar, esperar | |
Nouns | desire | an inclination to want things |
desire | something that is desired |
Meaning | Express a desire for. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
Spanish | desear | |
Catalan | desitjar, tenir ganes de | |
Nouns | desire | an inclination to want things |
desire | something that is desired |
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