desire
verb
- = want, long for, crave, fancy, hope for, ache for, covet, aspire to, wish for, yearn for, thirst for, hanker after, set your heart on, desiderate •
He was bored and desired change in his life.
- (formal)= request, ask, petition, solicit, entreat, importune •
His Majesty desires me to make his wishes known to you.
noun
- = wish, want, longing, need, hope, urge, yen (informal), hunger, appetite, aspiration, ache, craving, yearning, inclination, thirst, hankering •
I had a strong desire to help and care for people
- = lust, passion, libido, appetite, lechery, carnality, lasciviousness, concupiscence, randiness (informal, mainly, British), lustfulness •
Teenage sex may not always come out of genuine desire.
- = request, appeal, petition, solicitation, entreaty, supplication, importunity related adjective orectic
'desire' in Other Languages
- British English: desire
A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.I had a strong desire to help and care for people.dɪˈzaɪə NOUN - Arabic: رَغْبَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: desejo
- Chinese: 愿望
- Croatian: želja
- Czech: touha
- Danish: begær
- Dutch: verlangen
- European Spanish: deseosexual
- Finnish: halu
- French: désir
- German: Verlangen
- Greek: πόθος
- Italian: desiderio
- Japanese: 希望
- Korean: 욕구
- Norwegian: ønske
- Polish: życzeniepragnienie
- Portuguese: desejo
- Romanian: dorință dorințe
- Russian: желание
- Spanish: deseo
- Swedish: åtrå
- Thai: ความปรารถนา
- Turkish: arzu
- Ukrainian: бажання
- Vietnamese: sự mong muốn
- British English: desire If you desire something, you want it.She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband.dɪˈzaɪə VERB
- Arabic: يَرْغَبُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: desejar
- Chinese: 渴望
- Croatian: željeti
- Czech: toužit zatoužit
- Danish: begære
- Dutch: verlangen
- European Spanish: desearsexualmente
- Finnish: haluta
- French: désirer
- German: haben wollen
- Greek: ποθώ
- Italian: desiderare
- Japanese: 希望する
- Korean: 바라다
- Norwegian: ønske
- Polish: zażyczyć sobie życzyć sobie
- Portuguese: desejar
- Romanian: a dori
- Russian: желать
- Spanish: desear
- Swedish: önska (sig)
- Thai: ปรารถนา
- Turkish: arzu etmek
- Ukrainian: бажати
- Vietnamese: mong muốn
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