Antonyms for desires
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-zahyuhr |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪər |
Definition of desires
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
- If it please you, lady, my master bids me say he desires your presence.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He gloried in his knotted muscles and the crushing power of his desires.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He only desires that you will have the goodness to let him alone.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Desires her to treat her freely; but wishes not that she should impute love to her; and why.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Yet he was the boy to whom Mrs. Roberts' desires had gone out the most anxiously.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- We should keep our heart free from impure thoughts and desires.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- She had not had many companions, so all desires went from her only to return to her.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Captain Walsingham is not the man she desires for a son-in-law.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- My cousin Jenny Fynnett is here, and desires to be my bedfellow to-night.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- His intellect was a blank; he had no knowledge, no desires, no affections.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
Synonyms for desires
- 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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