desire
desire Lexical Profile
desire Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
"She expressed a deep desire to travel around the world after graduating from university."
Strong romantic or sexual attraction and appetite.
"The novel explores themes of forbidden passion and unspoken romantic desire."
Something or someone that is strongly wanted or wished for.
"After years of hard work, achieving financial independence was finally within reach of his heart's desire."
• verb
To strongly wish for or want something.
"The committee desires a peaceful resolution to the ongoing dispute before the end of the month."
To feel a strong romantic or sexual attraction toward someone.
"In the play, the protagonist secretly desires someone who is promised to another."
• Rhymes for desire
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed via Old French 'desirer' from Latin 'desiderare' ('to long for, wish for'), originally meaning 'to await what the stars will bring', from 'de-' ('down from') and 'sidus' ('heavenly body, star, constellation').