desire
noun
[ dɪˈzʌɪə ]
• a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
• "he resisted public desires for choice in education"
Similar:
wish,
want,
fancy,
inclination,
aspiration,
impulse,
preference,
yearning,
longing,
craving,
hankering,
pining,
ache,
hunger,
thirst,
itch,
burning,
need,
eagerness,
enthusiasm,
determination,
predilection,
proclivity,
predisposition,
yen,
desire
verb
• strongly wish for or want (something).
• "he never achieved the status he so desired"
Similar:
wish for,
want,
long for,
yearn for,
crave,
set one's heart on,
hanker after/for,
pine for/after,
thirst for,
itch for,
be desperate for,
be bent on,
have a need for,
covet,
aspire to,
have a fancy for,
fancy,
feel like,
feel in need of,
have a yen for,
yen for,
be dying for,
required,
necessary,
proper,
right,
correct,
appropriate,
fitting,
suitable,
called for,
preferred,
chosen,
selected,
expected,
wished for,
wanted,
sought-after,
longed for,
yearned for,
craved,
pined for,
needed,
coveted,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French desir (noun), desirer (verb), from Latin desiderare (see desiderate).
