Desire
[dɪ'zaɪə] or [dɪ'zaɪɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an inclination to want things; 'a man of many desires'.
(noun.) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.
(noun.) something that is desired.
(verb.) feel or have a desire for; want strongly; 'I want to go home now'; 'I want my own room'.
(verb.) express a desire for.
Editor: Patrick--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
(v. t.) To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
(v. t.) To require; to demand; to claim.
(v. t.) To miss; to regret.
(v. t.) The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.
(v. t.) An expressed wish; a request; petition.
(v. t.) Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
(v. t.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
(v. t.) Grief; regret.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wish, longing, craving, inclination, hankering, aspiration, appetency.
v. a. [1]. Wish, crave, covet, want, fancy, wish for, long for, hanker after, lust after, yearn for, aspire after.[2]. Solicit, request, ask.
Editor: Vlad
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COVET]
SYN:Longing, affection, propension, craving, concupiscence, appetency
ANT:Loathing, hate, repugnance, disgust, aversion, abomination, horror
Checked by Dick
Definition
v.t. to long for the possession of: to wish for: to request ask: (B.) to regret.—v.i. to be in a state of desire.—n. an earnest longing for: eagerness to obtain: a prayer or request: the object desired: lust.—adj. Desir′able worthy of desire: pleasing: agreeable.—ns. Desir′ableness Desirabil′ity.—adv. Desir′ably.—adj. Desire′less.—n. Desir′er.—adj. Desir′ous full of desire: anxious to obtain: eager.—adv. Desir′ously.—n. Desir′ousness.
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then the wise and good will not desire to gain more than his like, but more than his unlike and opposite? Plato. The Republic.
- We desire that, too; that he may not by any chance be made her prey again. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But the desire did not last long enough to carry him into action. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I assure you I have no desire to be controversial. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- No; I do not desire to return to the world, with all its tumult, ambitions, and fret. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Eunice desires nothing—except myself; but as for Mrs Dengelton, she thinks I am poor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As for my father, his desires and exertions were bounded to the again seeing me restored to health and peace of mind. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- But his own desires are not abolished. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said: Polemarchus desires you to wait. Plato. The Republic.
- The State is all-sufficing for the wants of man, and, like the idea of the Church in later ages, absorbs all other desires and affections. Plato. The Republic.
- Then if there be any city which may be described as master of its own pleasures and desires, and master of itself, ours may claim such a designation? Plato. The Republic.
- This was a class of plant which the inquirers desired to purchase outright and operate themselves, usually because of remoteness from any possible source of general supply of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I am authorised to tell him that Miss Verinder willingly consents to place her house at our disposal; and, that said, I am desired to add no more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I had learned that General Buell himself would be at Savannah the next day, and desired to meet me on his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Mexican war was a political war, and the administration conducting it desired to make party capital out of it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The good woman was desired to leave the witness-box. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The paper, cut into the desired form by a separate machine, was piled up on one side of the envelope folder. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The length of time in boiling depends upon the depth of color desired. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A broker desiring to buy shares of a certain stock will go to the part allotted to that stock and call out its name with the number of shares wished and the price he will pay. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As they were all going out again, he favoured her with one slight roll of his movable eye, desiring her to linger behind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- We are told that, While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Words that were scarcely uttered when their theme was announced as in faithful attendance below, desiring counsel on a spiritual matter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,said Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I saw the porter give my note to a servant in livery, desiring him to take it to His Grace's valet. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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