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desire
noun as in want, longing
Strongest matches
noun as in request
Strong matches
verb as in want, long for
Example Sentences
Does the current ageing squad - with nine over 30s - still have the desire and capability to push again or is it time to start building again?
That desire for escapism has been Murray’s driving force since childhood.
In one early scene, she voices her preference for maneuvering around Shiz University, where she’s just enrolled, without help — a desire wholly understood by her sister, if not their overbearing father or the campus staff.
Far more common in the religious right is a belief that men are incapable of controlling their desires.
In love, it can be terrifying to show all your cards, to make yourself vulnerable, to let your desire be fully seen.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say desire?
Desire, a formal verb, suggests a strong wish: They desire liberation. Wish implies the feeling of an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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