Antonyms for desire
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-zahyuhr |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪər |
Definition of desire
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French desirrer (12c.) "wish, desire, long for," from Latin desiderare "long for, wish for; demand, expect," original sense perhaps "await what the stars will bring," from the phrase de sidere "from the stars," from sidus (genitive sideris) "heavenly body, star, constellation" (but see consider). Related: Desired; desiring.
- noun want, longing
- noun request
- verb want, long for
- verb ask, request
- I can show it to you, if you desire it, in my father's handwriting.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- All have done their duty well, and to them also I desire to render my thanks.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- We are aided by all who desire self-government and a voice in deciding their own affairs.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- I will go out of my way to caress one who shows any desire to be friendly.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- The desire of man's heart does for him whatever I seem to do.
- Extract from : « The Intelligence Office (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I haven't the least desire to sit alone and moon and meditate.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- George replied, "Yes, I remember it; and it is still my desire to follow it."
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- We are always disbelieving in him because things do not go as we intend and desire them to go.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Nothing seemed left them—not even the desire of deliverance.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Her tone was dominated by the desire to be calm, and get at his real feeling.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for desire
- admiration
- aim
- ambition
- appeal
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- aspire to
- attraction
- avidity
- be smitten
- be turned on by
- beg
- bespeak
- choose
- concupiscence
- cotton to
- covet
- covetousness
- crave
- craving
- craze
- cupidity
- desiderate
- devotion
- die over
- doting
- eagerness
- enjoy
- entreat
- entreaty
- fall for
- fancy
- fascination
- fervor
- fondness
- frenzy
- give eyeteeth for
- go for
- greed
- hanker after
- hankering
- have eyes for
- have the hots for
- hope
- hunger
- hunger for
- importune
- importunity
- inclination
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- libido
- like
- liking
- love
- lust
- lust after
- make advances to
- mania
- motive
- need
- partial to
- passion
- petition
- pine
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- ravenousness
- relish
- salacity
- seek
- set heart on
- solicit
- solicitation
- solicitude
- spoil for
- supplication
- sweet on
- take a liking to
- take a shine to
- take to
- thirst
- urge
- voracity
- want
- will
- wish
- wish for
- yearn for
- yearning
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