desire
Ache to have
Desire is wanting something, especially intensely.
The word carries more weight than want—a desire suggests depth of feeling: a desire for revenge, sexual desire, her deepest desires.
As a verb, to desire something is to want it strongly: He desired nothing more than peace.
Leave much to be desired means something falls short of expectations.
Capacity for choice
- choiceAct of selecting
- wishYearned-for outcome
- intentionPlanned purpose for acting
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
inclination · resolve · determination · commitment · dedication · discipline · purpose · agency
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
homesickness · melancholy · heartache · languishing · miss · sighing · wishing · hopefulness
Strong inner drive
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- thirstNeed for fluid
- appetiteDesire for food
- hankeringPersistent strong desire
yen · itch · compulsion · need · addiction · obsession · fixation · dependency
Operate a vehicle
- goalDesired end result
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- aimPurpose or direction
vision · pursuit · striving · determination · motivation · success · achievement · purpose
Stirring to heightened state
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- eroticismSexual desire's aesthetic quality
- sensualOf bodily pleasure
- carnalRelating to physical urges
seduction · aphrodisiac · lecherous · concupiscence · prurience · fleshly · sultry · titillation
volition
Capacity for choice
preference · inclination · resolve · determination · commitment · dedication · discipline · purpose · agency · autonomy
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
nostalgia · homesickness · melancholy · heartache · languishing · miss · sighing · wishing · hopefulness · dreaminess
urge
Strong inner drive
hankering · yen · itch · compulsion · need · addiction · obsession · fixation · dependency · covetousness
drive
Operate a vehicle
- goalDesired end result
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
aim · vision · pursuit · striving · determination · motivation · success · achievement · purpose · endeavor
arousal
Stirring to heightened state
carnal · seduction · aphrodisiac · lecherous · concupiscence · prurience · fleshly · sultry · titillation · voluptuous
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
fire · burning · heat · devotion · rapture · ecstasy · infatuation · emotion · romance · love
- mindmind, thought, cognition, consciousness, thinking
- desireswant, wish, wanting, yearning, craving
- human conceptsconsciousness, awareness, identity, self, emotion
- inner experiencesemotion, feeling, sensation, thought, joy
- inner statesemotion, feeling, thought, hope, sensation
- longingyearning, pining, craving, hankering, wishing
desireaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
repulsion · revulsion · loathing · disgust · abhorrence
desireindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · unconcern · disinterest · detachment · dispassion
desiresatisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
fulfillment · contentment · satiation · gratification · satiety
- unconscious desiresWants below awareness
- burning desireIntense emotional craving
- heart's desireOne's truest want
- left much to be desiredWas unsatisfactory or lacking
- leaves much to be desiredInadequate, needing improvement
- sexual desireCraving for physical intimacy
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