hidden desires
Unspoken inner wants
Hidden desires are wants, urges, or longings that a person keeps secret—often even from themselves.
The phrase suggests wishes too shameful, taboo, or vulnerable to acknowledge openly: The film explores the hidden desires lurking beneath suburban respectability.
Hidden desires may be sexual, ambitious, or simply at odds with how someone presents themselves to the world.
- secretConcealed information
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- forbiddenNot allowed
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
lust · craving · guilty pleasure · suppressed · fantasy · unspoken · temptation · repressed · urge · passion · shame · guilty · behind closed doors · whispered · buried · deep down · unconscious · inner demons
- Unconsciousid, ego, superego, repression, dreams
- unconscious driveslibido, instincts, survival instinct, aggression, fear response
- inner selfself, soul, psyche, inner being, true self
- queer theaterOscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, Angels in America, coming out, closet
- literary psychologypsychological depth, psychological conflict, inner monologue, stream of consciousness, subconscious