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Definition of desire in English: desirenoun dɪˈzʌɪədəˈzaɪ(ə)r 1A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. he resisted public desires for choice in education Example sentencesExamples - They don't seem to be listening with regard to the desire of the public to maintain guaranteed benefits.
- Now I find it extremely difficult to express myself before them, tell them my problems, my wishes and my desires.
- But it also heard of a public desire for resident doctors to be based at the hospital around the clock.
- The freedom to share yourself, that is, your passions, your fears, your secret desires, your wishes with others is one of the greatest treasures of mankind.
- Like many academics in recent years, he was consumed by the desire to become a public intellectual.
- But when they do this on the eve of elections, it is difficult to believe they are motivated by a genuine desire to serve the public.
- When film stars join politics out of strong commitment or a genuine desire to do public good, their credibility is intact.
- He also wished to awaken the desire to dance within the audience.
- Imagination, he says, ‘lets us wander through the jungle of our own wishes and desires.’
- You're a bit of a free spirit, love variety, and have a strong desire to live life to the fullest.
- Is it due to a genuine desire to enter public life and shape policies or for ulterior reasons?
- This is a complex form of addiction as you will have a strong desire to smoke, even if you wish to stop.
- We have very strong feelings, desires and attachments and expectations.
- These wishes and desires are even expressed in popular music.
- The film's devastating ending carries more than a hint of a death wish, a terrible desire to cross that final boundary and become one with the animals he loved more than any human.
- Every time something goes wrong within a public service there is a strong desire to find out why, to legislate and prevent the problem arising again.
- They enjoy subjects and activities in which they excel, and they take much notice of the desires and wishes of their parents and teachers.
- He raised substantive issues and demonstrated a strong desire to get involved in the public government system.
- Given the strong desires of those who wish to maintain the status quo, however, the plan faces an uphill battle before being adopted.
- And it is in the recognition of the desires, wishes, and hopes of the majority of those who vote that one can begin to understand the outcome of this election.
Synonyms wish, want fancy, inclination, aspiration, impulse, preference yearning, longing, craving, hankering, pining, ache, hunger, thirst, itch, burning, need eagerness, enthusiasm, determination predilection, proclivity, predisposition informal yen - 1.1mass noun Strong sexual feeling or appetite.
they were clinging together in fierce desire Example sentencesExamples - Fortunately, today there are lots of options for keeping a woman's sexual desire strong.
- Jung preferred a libido where the sheer will to live substituted for sexual desire as the main driving force.
- It's against the notion that things calm down when we get older, when philosophy is supposed to kick in - that the body, the heart and sexual desire develop and age in the same way.
- When panderers to sexual desire frequent a location, other appetite providers will follow.
- Such women are mostly presented as sexless in that once their family is complete, they appear to lose all sexual desire and physical charm.
- A typical feeling in such a state is the inability to experience sexual desire, captured in this song as well.
- They are not given the freedom to express themselves and tap into their embodiment of sexual desire through positive social vehicles like film.
- From her earliest student shorts, repressed sexual desire has been a consistent undercurrent in the New Zealander's work.
- Medicines can also affect sexual drive and desire, or cause problems with ejaculation and orgasm.
- However, sexual desire is sexual desire; does it turn off simply because you are in a loving, intimate relationship?
- It was a bond strong enough to drown any sexual desire between us.
- He said that couples should discuss anything that curb's the man's regular sexual activity, which was not caused by a decrease in sexual desire.
- This evening we're talking about female desire and sexual dysfunction.
- Mars is our source of aggression and anger, but also our source of sexual passion and desire.
- A strong sexual desire, it was contended, should be recognised as a sign of health and energy, both for the individual and for society.
- Worldly ambition and sexual desire deflected him from the true path.
- Longing, sexual desire, emotional emptiness and instability run rampant.
- Sexual desire is sexual desire, and under pressure the usual direction of preference may break down.
- It is said that sexual desire is like an inner fire.
- It seems to me extremely likely that he would have some desire, some sexual desire.
Synonyms lust, lustfulness, sexual appetite, sexual attraction, passion, carnal passion, libido, sensuality, sexuality lasciviousness, lechery, lecherousness, salaciousness, libidinousness, lewdness, licentiousness, prurience, wantonness, carnality informal the hots, raunchiness, horniness British informal randiness rare concupiscence - 1.2 Something desired.
Example sentencesExamples - Annapurna takes the audience into a world of hopes, dreams and desires through dance stories of young girls and mothers and their romances with the Gods.
- They make decisions for the future, and so distinguish their intentions from their desires.
- Such intensity gets to dance right out there in front of your eyes, as ideas, desires hopes and expectations are backsided in favor of a single story.
- My job is to help you determine and articulate your dreams, aspirations and desires; then help you achieve them.
- He had no goals, no desires, no real dreams, and nothing resembling a path or plan for his life.
- It must be relevant to people's dreams, hopes, desires, aspirations.
- They move instead, as if they are inside out, everything about their desires, dreams, hopes and fears is exposed leaving them to clearly react against one another.
- On many pages will be dreams, desires, and plans.
- And the ruling authorities seem out of touch with the hopes and desires of this new generation.
- It's the stuff of our dreams and desires, our ideas of freedom and justice and how we might conceive life.
- They signal moods, intentions and desires; they identify and camouflage.
- When do ideas, preferences, desires, fears, become labels, rather than facts?
- Essentially, I have always shied away from specific long-term aims/dreams / desires.
- You get a good couple of pages to which you commit your hopes, desires and thoughts.
- Yes, they have expectations, hopes, dreams and desires.
verb dɪˈzʌɪədəˈzaɪ(ə)r [with object]1Strongly wish for or want (something) he never achieved the status he so desired Example sentencesExamples - If I wish to be associated with someone who does not desire my company, then necessarily one of us will be disappointed.
- His noteworthy conclusion was that it's not the degree to which you consume food, but the degree to which you crave and desire food that controls your weight.
- Crucially there is no evidence to suggest that they desire this power, nor that the public wish them to have it.
- The restrictions contradict the wishes of researchers desiring public availability.
- As a rule of thumb, buyers tend to desire the cars that were the status symbols of their youth, and desired models vary from country to country.
- But what about times when we can not connect a cause to an effect, other than perhaps that one desired it to be?
- Halogens are still the light of choice where such effects are desired in a gallery area.
- Luckily neither of us has issues with desiring the perfect body.
- Dates are transposed and video carefully edited to create whatever effect is desired.
- You desire power for power's sake; he merely wishes to see his friends and family live in peace.
- And most of the times we don't know what kind of context we are really providing, no matter how strongly we desire it to be something else.
- Similarly, coaches desire swimmers with strong, consistent work ethics.
- If principles are to have their desired effect, they must culminate in practice.
- The second desired effect of regional policy is to encourage the immigration of more firm investment into a region.
- For instance, while every firm desires the great returns earned by those who achieve high status, the nature of status hierarchies is such that only a few can reach the top.
- Let us say that government desires a strong dollar.
- They believe it is all coming to an end, they are almost wishing for it, almost bringing down that reality by desiring it.
- The fortune teller informs her that she desires a large house and has many wishes to fulfill.
- I desire her company, and do not wish to have her driven away.
- Those words had their desired effect, and her throat instantly clenched up dryly.
Synonyms 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 informal 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 - 1.1 Want (someone) sexually.
there had been a time, years ago, when he had desired her Example sentencesExamples - How could I get by so thoroughly desiring someone I could never have?
- If such a woman desired her own sex, did she nonetheless marry the other?
- I wanted to get as far away from Jason as I could, but I was stuck, and my body desired him.
- No matter how much I desired her, I had to watch Bernard take her as his wife!
- There was really no point in pretending that she didn't desire him with equal intensity.
- Her own ego explodes a little when she realises how many men desire her.
- I am expected to focus on the man, to desire the man and to hope that he desires me.
- All three stories concern the fantasy of a woman desired by several men.
- We are very vulnerable to anyone who desires us; it's a very powerful thing to be desired by someone, even if we don't think we're interested in that person.
- She enjoys her dream man's taste and she desires him.
- He imagined himself on the beach surrounded by beautiful, scantily-clad women, all desiring him, though he didn't touch any single one.
- But although he desires her passionately, he is also tenderly in love with her - and it is in the blend of hunger and profound romance that the essence of their relationship lies.
- He says he desires me so much, but it doesn't make me feel good.
- Fearful of being shunned by their families, friends, and churches, men who desire other men sexually stay in the closet.
- Her dreams had left her desiring him, wanting to know fully what she'd never experienced before.
- This basically means showing your man you need, admire and desire him.
- Here she was sitting in the fading light, next to a man who is clearly desiring her, but all she can think about is… is what?
- This is starting to form a divide in our relationship - he still desires me sexually and is understandably hurt when I don't reciprocate.
- I can see it so clearly in his eyes just how much he desires me.
- But girls would always desire him - and just want to mother me.
Synonyms be attracted to, lust after, burn for, be captivated by, be infatuated by informal fancy, lech after/over, have the hots for, have a crush on, be wild/mad about, go for - 1.2archaic Express a wish to.
John spake unto him, and desired him in like manner and contestation as before Example sentencesExamples - I went to Mr. Keys, and desired him to go with me.
- I desired her to persevere, and to return in another week.
- When he perceived me motionless and bleeding, his fears soon got the better of his intoxication; and with the most violent agitation, desired them to carry me into the parlour, exclaiming repeatedly "Who desired him to open the door?"
Origin Middle English: from Old French desir (noun), desirer (verb), from Latin desiderare (see desiderate). Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah Definition of desire in US English: desirenoundəˈzī(ə)rdəˈzaɪ(ə)r 1A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. with infinitive a desire to work in the dirt with your bare hands Example sentencesExamples - And it is in the recognition of the desires, wishes, and hopes of the majority of those who vote that one can begin to understand the outcome of this election.
- The freedom to share yourself, that is, your passions, your fears, your secret desires, your wishes with others is one of the greatest treasures of mankind.
- Given the strong desires of those who wish to maintain the status quo, however, the plan faces an uphill battle before being adopted.
- Now I find it extremely difficult to express myself before them, tell them my problems, my wishes and my desires.
- Every time something goes wrong within a public service there is a strong desire to find out why, to legislate and prevent the problem arising again.
- You're a bit of a free spirit, love variety, and have a strong desire to live life to the fullest.
- When film stars join politics out of strong commitment or a genuine desire to do public good, their credibility is intact.
- He raised substantive issues and demonstrated a strong desire to get involved in the public government system.
- The film's devastating ending carries more than a hint of a death wish, a terrible desire to cross that final boundary and become one with the animals he loved more than any human.
- Imagination, he says, ‘lets us wander through the jungle of our own wishes and desires.’
- They don't seem to be listening with regard to the desire of the public to maintain guaranteed benefits.
- Like many academics in recent years, he was consumed by the desire to become a public intellectual.
- But it also heard of a public desire for resident doctors to be based at the hospital around the clock.
- But when they do this on the eve of elections, it is difficult to believe they are motivated by a genuine desire to serve the public.
- They enjoy subjects and activities in which they excel, and they take much notice of the desires and wishes of their parents and teachers.
- Is it due to a genuine desire to enter public life and shape policies or for ulterior reasons?
- These wishes and desires are even expressed in popular music.
- He also wished to awaken the desire to dance within the audience.
- We have very strong feelings, desires and attachments and expectations.
- This is a complex form of addiction as you will have a strong desire to smoke, even if you wish to stop.
- 1.1 Strong sexual feeling or appetite.
they were clinging together in fierce mutual desire Example sentencesExamples - He said that couples should discuss anything that curb's the man's regular sexual activity, which was not caused by a decrease in sexual desire.
- Medicines can also affect sexual drive and desire, or cause problems with ejaculation and orgasm.
- They are not given the freedom to express themselves and tap into their embodiment of sexual desire through positive social vehicles like film.
- Such women are mostly presented as sexless in that once their family is complete, they appear to lose all sexual desire and physical charm.
- When panderers to sexual desire frequent a location, other appetite providers will follow.
- Longing, sexual desire, emotional emptiness and instability run rampant.
- Mars is our source of aggression and anger, but also our source of sexual passion and desire.
- It was a bond strong enough to drown any sexual desire between us.
- However, sexual desire is sexual desire; does it turn off simply because you are in a loving, intimate relationship?
- Worldly ambition and sexual desire deflected him from the true path.
- It is said that sexual desire is like an inner fire.
- It's against the notion that things calm down when we get older, when philosophy is supposed to kick in - that the body, the heart and sexual desire develop and age in the same way.
- A typical feeling in such a state is the inability to experience sexual desire, captured in this song as well.
- From her earliest student shorts, repressed sexual desire has been a consistent undercurrent in the New Zealander's work.
- This evening we're talking about female desire and sexual dysfunction.
- Fortunately, today there are lots of options for keeping a woman's sexual desire strong.
- It seems to me extremely likely that he would have some desire, some sexual desire.
- Sexual desire is sexual desire, and under pressure the usual direction of preference may break down.
- Jung preferred a libido where the sheer will to live substituted for sexual desire as the main driving force.
- A strong sexual desire, it was contended, should be recognised as a sign of health and energy, both for the individual and for society.
Synonyms lust, lustfulness, sexual appetite, sexual attraction, passion, carnal passion, libido, sensuality, sexuality
verbdəˈzī(ə)rdəˈzaɪ(ə)r [with object]1Strongly wish for or want (something) he never achieved the status he so desired Example sentencesExamples - The restrictions contradict the wishes of researchers desiring public availability.
- As a rule of thumb, buyers tend to desire the cars that were the status symbols of their youth, and desired models vary from country to country.
- And most of the times we don't know what kind of context we are really providing, no matter how strongly we desire it to be something else.
- They believe it is all coming to an end, they are almost wishing for it, almost bringing down that reality by desiring it.
- Dates are transposed and video carefully edited to create whatever effect is desired.
- The second desired effect of regional policy is to encourage the immigration of more firm investment into a region.
- His noteworthy conclusion was that it's not the degree to which you consume food, but the degree to which you crave and desire food that controls your weight.
- But what about times when we can not connect a cause to an effect, other than perhaps that one desired it to be?
- Halogens are still the light of choice where such effects are desired in a gallery area.
- You desire power for power's sake; he merely wishes to see his friends and family live in peace.
- If principles are to have their desired effect, they must culminate in practice.
- Similarly, coaches desire swimmers with strong, consistent work ethics.
- Let us say that government desires a strong dollar.
- The fortune teller informs her that she desires a large house and has many wishes to fulfill.
- If I wish to be associated with someone who does not desire my company, then necessarily one of us will be disappointed.
- I desire her company, and do not wish to have her driven away.
- Luckily neither of us has issues with desiring the perfect body.
- Crucially there is no evidence to suggest that they desire this power, nor that the public wish them to have it.
- For instance, while every firm desires the great returns earned by those who achieve high status, the nature of status hierarchies is such that only a few can reach the top.
- Those words had their desired effect, and her throat instantly clenched up dryly.
Synonyms wish for, want, long for, yearn for, crave, set one's heart on, hanker after, hanker for, pine after, pine for, thirst for, itch for, be desperate for, be bent on, have a need for, covet, aspire to required, necessary, proper, right, correct wished for, wanted - 1.1 Want (someone) sexually.
there had been a time, years ago, when he had desired her Example sentencesExamples - All three stories concern the fantasy of a woman desired by several men.
- There was really no point in pretending that she didn't desire him with equal intensity.
- I wanted to get as far away from Jason as I could, but I was stuck, and my body desired him.
- He imagined himself on the beach surrounded by beautiful, scantily-clad women, all desiring him, though he didn't touch any single one.
- This basically means showing your man you need, admire and desire him.
- This is starting to form a divide in our relationship - he still desires me sexually and is understandably hurt when I don't reciprocate.
- I am expected to focus on the man, to desire the man and to hope that he desires me.
- If such a woman desired her own sex, did she nonetheless marry the other?
- But although he desires her passionately, he is also tenderly in love with her - and it is in the blend of hunger and profound romance that the essence of their relationship lies.
- Here she was sitting in the fading light, next to a man who is clearly desiring her, but all she can think about is… is what?
- No matter how much I desired her, I had to watch Bernard take her as his wife!
- Her dreams had left her desiring him, wanting to know fully what she'd never experienced before.
- How could I get by so thoroughly desiring someone I could never have?
- But girls would always desire him - and just want to mother me.
- Her own ego explodes a little when she realises how many men desire her.
- We are very vulnerable to anyone who desires us; it's a very powerful thing to be desired by someone, even if we don't think we're interested in that person.
- He says he desires me so much, but it doesn't make me feel good.
- Fearful of being shunned by their families, friends, and churches, men who desire other men sexually stay in the closet.
- I can see it so clearly in his eyes just how much he desires me.
- She enjoys her dream man's taste and she desires him.
Synonyms be attracted to, lust after, burn for, be captivated by, be infatuated by - 1.2archaic Express a wish to (someone); request or entreat.
Example sentencesExamples - I went to Mr. Keys, and desired him to go with me.
- I desired her to persevere, and to return in another week.
- When he perceived me motionless and bleeding, his fears soon got the better of his intoxication; and with the most violent agitation, desired them to carry me into the parlour, exclaiming repeatedly "Who desired him to open the door?"
Origin Middle English: from Old French desir (noun), desirer (verb), from Latin desiderare (see desiderate). |