Desire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To wish or long for; want.
  • v. To express a wish for; request.
  • n. A wish or longing.
  • n. A request or petition.
  • n. The object of longing: My greatest desire is to go back home.
  • n. Sexual appetite; passion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. More formal or stronger word for want.
  • v. To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
  • v. Another word for want, connoting emotion.
  • n. Someone or something wished for.
  • n. Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
  • n. The feeling of desire.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
  • v. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
  • v. To require; to demand; to claim.
  • v. To miss; to regret.
  • n. The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.
  • n. An expressed wish; a request; petition.
  • n. Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
  • n. Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
  • n. Grief; regret.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wish or long for; be solicitous for; have a wish for the possession, enjoyment, or being of; crave or covet: as, to desire another's happiness; to desire the good of the common wealth; to desire wealth or fame.
  • To express a wish to obtain; ask; request; pray for.
  • To invite.
  • To require; claim; call for.
  • To long for, as some lost object; regret; miss.
  • Synonyms To crave, want, hanker after, yearn for.
  • To beg. solicit, entreat.
  • To be in a state of desire or longing.
  • n. An emotion directed to the attainment or possession of an object from which pleasure, whether sensual, intellectual, or spiritual, is expected; a passion consisting in uneasiness for want of the object toward which it is directed, and the impulse to attain or possess it; in the widest sense, a state or condition of wishing.
  • n. A craving or longing; yearning, as of affection; longing inclination toward something.
  • n. Appetency; sensual or natural tendency.
  • n. A prayer; petition; request.
  • n. The object of longing; that which is wished for.
  • n. Synonyms to Inclination, appetency, hankering, craving, eagerness, aspiration. See wish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something that is desired
  • n. an inclination to want things
  • v. expect and wish
  • v. express a desire for
  • v. feel or have a desire for; want strongly
  • n. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
  • Verb Form
    desired    desires    desiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wish    call for    request    bespeak    quest   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    lust after    fancy    wish    envy    lech after    long    hanker    crave    lust    care   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beg    hanker after    wish    solicit    request    long for    entreat    ask    covet    require   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dyer    Meier    Meyer    Trier    acquire    attire    briar    brier    buyer    byer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    passion    love    pleasure    need    hope    ambition    affection    anger    wish    power