Desire

Word DESIRE
Character 6
Hyphenation de sire
Pronunciations /dɪˈzaɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Desire"

What do we mean by desire?

To wish or long for; want. transitive verb

To want to have sex with (another person). transitive verb

To express a wish for; request. transitive verb

The feeling of wanting to have something or wishing that something will happen. noun

An instance of this feeling. noun

Sexual appetite; passion. noun

An object of such feeling or passion. noun

A request or petition. noun

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.

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. noun

A craving or longing; yearning, as of affection; longing inclination toward something. noun

Appetency; sensual or natural tendency. noun

Someone or something wished for.

Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

Motivation.

A want or craving; a large, desperate feeling or need. Urban Dictionary

The cause of all suffering. Urban Dictionary

Continuation of a fantasy, without desire there is no fascination and therefore no interest Urban Dictionary

Ever felt a yearning craving desire so bad it made you moan tense up Urban Dictionary

When you really want sumthin bad!!! Urban Dictionary

Desire is the basic, fundamental component of every living organism. without desire, you do not exist. those that do not have desires are god, already-dead organisms, and organisms that have not been created yet. Urban Dictionary

The act of being spoiled Urban Dictionary

Desire is GIANNA'S WORD! Urban Dictionary

A girl who has beauty in her own way... She makes the best of things. She loves making things Sometimes negative. Very funny. Some Desire's love attention. But some Desire's don't.. Desires are Beautiful and Artistic and Love making people happy. She wants everyone to like her. Urban Dictionary

The most beautiful girl you'll ever meet. She probably doubts herself a lot, and is probably depressed but that booty is worth that kiss. Very smart and talented, overall PERFECT Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Desire

The word "desire" in example sentences

But, for the most part, husbands and wives _can_ have children, if they so desire, _and they_ SHOULD _so desire_. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

B.C. See Vincent Smith, _Oxford History of India_, p. 52.] [Footnote 9: This is sometimes rendered simply by desire but _desire_ in ❋ Charles Eliot (1896)

How to bow to a muslim Kingwhose main desire is to destroy America. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Your main desire is to see America fail and blame this administration even tho they are left with the Bush mess. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So the fact of variability of desire is not on its own enough to cast doubt on the natural law universal goods thesis: as the good is not defined fundamentally by reference to desire, the fact of variation in desire is not enough to raise questions about universal goods. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The word desire has a wonderful derivation: It comes from the Latin de sidere, which means literally “from the stars.” ❋ John Assaraf (2008)

Further, between appetite and desire there is no difference, except that the term desire is generally applied to men, in so far as they are conscious of their appetite, and may accordingly be thus defined: Desire is appetite with consciousness thereof. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Single women abound -- it's a single available man's paradise -- so if your main desire is to meet a man for a serious relationship, this is probably not the best place. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He enters upon his job without any pretence of enthusiasm, and his main desire is not, as one might expect, to find a more interesting and useful job, but simply to be playing cricket. ❋ Unknown (1945)

I think the desire is there – the ESOL/Skills for Life agenda is based on the notion of preparing learners (mostly migrant worker population) to be functional in society. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just as the vampire's giving multilingual tongue to his desire is a speech from beyond life's natural bounds, so he must be bested by a death-defying lifelessness of inscription. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I hereby ask that Bicici bank CI West Africa should please take this issue very serious to ensure that our desire is achieved. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This likely indicates the desire is there to hurt. ❋ Unknown (2007)

While I focus mainly on wine, the object of his desire is another fermented adult beverage -- beer. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Michael Chabon has said that his desire is the "annihilation of literary categories." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Indeed, this desire is already part of an aesthetic understanding whose programmatic unfolding includes its own negation, whose purpose is assured by the negation through which it becomes merely aesthetic and through which it reasserts itself as the effect of its own critique. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They showed the desire is there by pushing their payroll higher than expected to sign free agents. ❋ Unknown (2005)

My desire to [touch] his [body] is [overwhelming]. ❋ Alicia Beezzy (2007)

Under no [circumstances] should one [fuse] desire and [expectation], as that leads to hope, which prolongs suffering. ❋ Killing Kittens (2005)

[What does] [your heart] desire? ❋ Nikolai21 (2005)

desire makes me *do* things it makes me act like [boarding] a plane or writing an invitation I wonder what you do when [desire's] got you what do you *do* for someone you desire? Just [asking for a friend]. ❋ Krkič (2019)

'Joe, you're my desire!' ❋ Deita (2005)

1: yo [tim], let's grab something to eat. 2: [hell no], i got no desire, therefore i don't desire food. 1: but if you don't desire food, then obviously you're desiring death, [and that's] another desire. 2: .... ❋ Chaos.Envoy (2009)

You desire for [everything] ❋ ViolentTravis (2010)

[Gianna] [owns] desire because Gianna can. ❋ Gianna (2005)

''Did You see [Desire] today she looked very beautiful today!'' "[I don't like] [desire] she only wants attention'' "Desire is always negative. She [doubts] her self all the time. But i believe in her" ❋ Therealqueen1000 (2014)

"Damn Desire so hot" "Heard she's got [Jacob] [tho]" "[Hell] I wanted her" ❋ RicketyScoop (2022)

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