desire
41desire — 1. verb /dɪˈzaɪə/ a) More formal or stronger word for want. I desire to speak with you. b) Another word for want, connoting emotion. She has been desiring him since they first met. 2. noun /dɪˈzaɪə/ …
42desire — Synonyms and related words: Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, address, admiration, adoration, affection, agape, aim, aim at, ambition, andromania, animus, aphrodisia, appeal, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, application, apply …
43desire*/*/ — [dɪˈzaɪə] noun I 1) [C/U] a strong feeling of wanting to have or do something a desire for peace[/ex] his desire to travel[/ex] 2) [U] literary a strong feeling that you want to have sex with someone II verb [T] desire [dɪˈzaɪə] 1) formal to want …
44desire — de•sire [[t]dɪˈzaɪər[/t]] v. sired, sir•ing, n. 1) to wish or long for; crave; want 2) to ask for; solicit; request: The mayor desires your presence at the meeting[/ex] 3) a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction; hunger 4) …
45desire — [c]/dəˈzaɪə / (say duh zuyuh) verb (desired, desiring) –verb (t) 1. to wish or long for; crave; want. 2. to express a wish to obtain; ask for; request: *He also desired that she should occupy her villa rent free, and she gave him notice on the… …
46desire — n. & v. n. 1 a an unsatisfied longing or craving. b an expression of this; a request (expressed a desire to rest). 2 lust. 3 something desired (achieved his heart s desire). v.tr. 1 (often foll. by to + infin., or that + clause) long for; crave.… …
47desire — See envy, covet, desire. See envy, covet, desire …
48desire — Ezekiel s wife is called the ‘desire’ (AV; ‘delight’, NRSV) of his eyes; the object of his love, who died (Ezek. 24:18). The word in Hebrew expresses strong emotion, and desire could turn to evil covetousness, as for money (1 Tim. 6:9), and to a… …
49DESIRE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index noun ambition, appetite, catch, desire (2), envy, greed, sell, toast, vocation, voracity adjective …
50desire — [13] The underlying etymological meaning of desire is something of a mystery. Like consider, it comes ultimately from a base related to Latin sīdus ‘star’, but the links in the semantic chain that would lead us back from ‘desire’ to ‘star’ have… …
