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feel a need

VERB

want

Synonyms

STRONGEST

choose crave need prefer require wish

STRONG

ache aspire covet fancy hanker hunger long lust pine thirst yearn

WEAK

be greedy could do with desiderate have a passion for have a yen for have ambition have an urge for have eyes for incline toward itch for spoil for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate have not want spurn

STRONG

despise

Example Sentences

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In the book, you write that as humans, we are resistant to change and feel a need for certainty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

But in recent remarks, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has emphasised that bank officials did not feel a need to cut rates quickly.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

Wanda James, however, did not always feel a need to hide.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

“I feel a need to give back,” said Dunlop, now 75.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023

“Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts,” he declared.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

feel a need

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