desire: translation
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ burning, deep, fervent, fierce, great, intense, passionate, strong, urgent
▪ growing
▪ There's a growing desire among consumers for more organic products.
▪ sudden
▪ insatiable, unquenchable
▪ Most children have an insatiable desire for knowledge.
▪ overwhelming, uncontrollable
▪ frustrated, thwarted, unfulfilled
▪ repressed
▪ hidden, secret
▪ She confessed a secret desire to be famous.
▪ earnest, genuine, real, sincere
▪ selfish
▪ desperate
▪ obsessive
▪ human
▪ The human desire for answers is very great.
▪ individual, personal
▪ innate, natural
▪ subconscious, unconscious
▪ basic
▪ The search for a better life is one of the most basic desires of human beings.
▪ conflicting
▪ He is filled with conflicting desires.
▪ carnal, erotic, sexual
▪ heterosexual, homosexual, same-sex
▪ mutual
▪ a long-lasting relationship based on our mutual desire for peace
VERB + DESIRE
▪ feel, harbour/harbor, have
▪ I suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to laugh
▪ share
▪ He did not share her desire for books.
▪ arouse, create
▪ His childhood had created a desire for stability in his life.
▪ fuel, stimulate
▪ This was all Liam needed to fuel his desire for revenge.
▪ articulate, communicate, express, indicate, profess, reveal, signal, state, voice
▪ The chairman expressed his desire to expand the company.
▪ fulfil/fulfill, gratify, indulge, satisfy
▪ control, overcome, resist, suppress
▪ He suppressed the desire to run from the room.
▪ demonstrate, reflect
▪ His actions reflect his desire to fit in.
▪ be driven by, be motivated by
▪ They were motivated by a deep desire for money and fame.
PREPOSITION
▪ desire for
▪ Horses need to satisfy their desire for space and freedom.
PHRASES
▪ an object of desire
▪ He felt he was nothing more to her than an object of desire.
•Roman•
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verb
ADVERB
▪ greatly, really, truly, very much
▪ A home of her own was something she had always very much desired.
Desire is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑heart