forbidden desires
Cravings deemed impermissible
Forbidden desires are wants or cravings that violate social norms, moral codes, or personal boundaries—sexual attractions deemed inappropriate, impulses toward what's off-limits, longings that feel shameful to acknowledge.
The phrase often appears in discussions of psychology, religion, or fiction: The novel explored his forbidden desires for his brother's wife.
What counts as forbidden varies by culture and era.
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- secretConcealed information
dark secret · sin · longing · yearning · illicit · secret affair · passion · obsession · shameful · hidden · hush hush · indulgence · guilty pleasure · seduction · stolen glances · transgression · appetite · covet
- dark sideinner demons, shadow self, dark thoughts, inner demon, secret self
- sexual sinsfornication, adultery, lust, lechery, lewdness
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