Desire

Definition: Desire

Desire

Noun

1. The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.

2. An inclination to want things; "a man of many desires".

3. Something that is desired.

Verb

1. Feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now; "I want my own room".

2. Expect with desire; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise".

3. Express a desire for.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "desire" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

DESIRE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Desire

Greed

Noun: covetousness, ravenousness; Adjective: venality, avidity, cupidity; acquisitiveness (acquisition); desire.

Hope

Noun: hope, hopes; desire; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith; (belief); affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance.

Intention

Project; (plan); have a mind to; (be willing); desire; pursue.

Love

Burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored; Adjective: fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire.

Requirement

Stand in need of; lack; desiderate; desire; be necessary; Adjective:

Will

Pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind; (inclination); intention; predetermination; selfcontrol; determination; (resolution); force of will.

Willingness

Verb: be willing; Adjective: incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire.

Crosswords: Desire

And the treacherous Dr Goodhead; your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Understand, Frodo, I would use this Ring from a desire to do good (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

And I'm caught right in the middle - torn between my loyalty to the boss and my desire to piss with the lights on. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

There are ends we don't desire, but they're inevitable, we have to face them (Cowboy Bebop; writing credit: Akihiko Inari)

The only evidence I see of the antichrist here, is everyones desire to see him at work (Name der Rose, Der; writing credit: Andrew Birkin; Gérard Brach)

At your desire (Venus; performing artist: Bananarama)

Oh, 'Cause I never felt the desire 'til their music set me on fire (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Blue as ice and desire. (Maria; performing artist: Blondie)

Women would desire (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M)

Whisper words of desire (Do I Have To Say The Words?; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The secret of happiness is to admire without desire. (references; author: unknown)

Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. (references; author: unknown)

Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly. (references; author: unknown)

The desire of love is to give. The desire of lust is to get. (references; author: unknown)

Deadly Desire (1991)

Terror Desire (1971)

Voices of Desire (1970)

Slaves of Desire (1970)

Lady Desire (1968)

Sudden Desire (performing artist: The Service)

Desire (performing artist: U2)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Billionaire Bachelors: Stone (Silhouette Desire, No. 1423) (reference)

• The Psychology of the Sopranos: Love, Death, Desire and Betrayal in America's Favorite Gangster Family (reference)

• Lines of Flight: Discursive Time and Countercultural Desire in the Work of Thomas Pynchon (Post-Contemporary Interventions) (reference)

• The Texan's Tiny Secret (Silhouette Desire, No. 1394) (reference)

• Admit Desire (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Silhouette Desire (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Emmanuelle in Space: World of Desire (reference)

• That Obscure Object of Desire - Criterion Collection (reference)

• A Streetcar Named Desire (reference)

• Pools of Desire (reference)

• Wings of Desire (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Desire Under the Elms (reference)

• Rachmaninov for Romance: Passionate Music for Love and Desire (reference)

• Desire (reference)

• Heart's Desire (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Greta Garbo in the role of Zara, a cafe entertainer in Budapest, in the 1932 movie "As you desire me." She stands with her arm on the shoulder of Erich von Stroheim, who plays Carl Salter, a novelist. Credit: Library of Congress.

Poor white hallway, Georgetown, D.C. Seldom do these people have even the desire to clear up rubbish, and the broom shown here seems to be out of place. Credit: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Edna Thomas, in A Streetcar Named Desire. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the chattels of the debtor are sufficient to repay the debt; nor shall the sureties of the debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor is able to satisfy the debt; and if the principal debtor shall fail to pay the debt, having nothing wherewith to pay it, then the sureties shall answer for the debt; and let them have the lands and rents of the debtor, if they desire them, until they are indemnified for the debt which they have paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show proof that he is discharged thereof as against the said sureties. (reference)

He that can reconcile blows and reverence, may, for aught I know, desire for his pains, a civil, respectful cudgeling where-ever he can meet with it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 3: Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal. (reference)

They desire the existing state of society minus its revolutionary and disintegrating elements. (reference)

At the end of fifteen years from the coming into force of the present Treaty the inhabitants of the said territory shall be called upon to indicate the sovereignty under which they desire to be placed. (reference)

What they desire is the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He had just enough recollection of the face to desire to do that

She felt a morbid desire to ascertain the point

That is all I could desire.

Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.

He desired till his frame shook under the strain of his desire and until the senses of his soul closed

Meantime, but think how I may do thee good And be inheritor of thy desire.

Ma put down her head and she fought with a desire to cry.

To clear up which I endeavored to give some ideas of the desire of power and riches, of the terrible effects of lust, intemperance, malice and envy

I think that it would be better than this, for the students, or those who desire to be benefited by it, even to lay the foundation themselves

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Curiosity and the desire to fit into a social group are common reasons. (references)

Once the treatment ends, sexual desire is likely to return to previous levels. (references)

Others experience little or no change in their sexual desire and energy level. (references)

Business

The desire for a company car is highly ingrained with local business executives. (references)

With certain limitations, the lease terms are determined, as the lessee may desire. (references)

The main element of the success is that there is a strong desire among Greek people to own their own business. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

These names reflected the desire of both factions to promote Islam as the state religion. (references)

Central African Republic

With the exception of diplomats, the Government requires that all third-country nationals who desire to leave the country must obtain an exit visa from the headquarters of the National Police. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

On June 20, two unknown men entered the house of Tape Koulou, the founder of the extremist daily Le National, and shot and killed his elder sister, Tape Ziadou Madeleine, and a friend of the family, Takore Clovis Desire. (references)

Economic History

South Korea

The U.S. is prepared to assist in this process if the two sides so desire. (references)

Dominican Rep

The Central Bank has indicated a desire to eventually unify the two markets. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Since then, Saudi oil policy has been guided by a desire to maintain market and quota shares. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

Although illegal, some early paramilitary groups reflected rural citizens' legitimate desire to defend themselves from the guerrilla threat. (references)

Ghana

Public confidence in the police remains low, and mobs attacked several police stations due to perceived police inaction, a delay in prosecuting suspects, rumors of collaboration with criminals, and the desire to deal with suspects through instant justice. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

The Government generally professed respect for their desire to retain elements of their traditional culture in practice. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

The school continued to run three to four shifts per day to accommodate the number of students who desire this form of education. (references)

Ethiopia

There were complaints by Muslim leaders that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's desire to "show supremacy" sometimes caused irritation in the country's various regions. (references)

Macedonia

One continuing dispute has been over the desire of parents who consider themselves Turkish to educate their children in Turkish despite the fact that they do not speak Turkish at home. (references)

Political Economy

Czech Rep

Although Czech interest in EU accession is clear, the Czechs also desire a strong U.S. presence in the country. (references)

Latvia

The United States continues to actively assist and support Latvia's desire to fully integrate itself in the Euro-Atlantic community. (references)

Australia

Other policy directions that attract universal support include Australia's desire to define itself as a part of the dynamic Asia-Pacific region. (references)

Political Rights

Congo

On January 16, President Laurent Desire Kabila, whose AFDL overthrew the authoritarian regime of Mobutu Sese Seko by armed force in 1997, was assassinated by one of his guards. (references)

Turkmenistan

Observers believed that the Government's preference for ethnic Turkmen officials reflects a desire to overcome the Soviet period when Turkmen were treated as second class citizens. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

However, the matter of secession remained open, and in 2000 the opposition leader publicly stated his desire to have "two separate governments." Following the Nevis elections in September, secession is likely to remain an issue for the foreseeable future. (references)

Trade

Haiti

The Haitian government has indicated its desire to implement a regime of trade, safety, and security standards. (references)

Tunisia

WHILE LENDING HAS FOCUSED LARGELY ON TRANSACTIONS WITH STATE ENTERPRISES, EXIM HAS EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN TUNISIA. (references)

Vietnam

Financing through these agencies can have long lead times (12 months or more), so U.S. firms need to apply early should they desire access to its support for investment projects. (references)

Travel

Kazakhstan

Usually diners share a bottle of vodka or cognac and offer toasts, stating their desire for a fruitful business relationship and warm personal relations between partners. (references)

Korea

The social concept, economic necessity, and cultural desire of a double income family are still in their infant stages in Korea, although this is rapidly changing in the face of changing economic times. (references)

Honduras

Honduran business people frequently seek to build lifetime relationships and establish close links with clients or customers, which creates a reciprocal feeling of obligation and a mutual desire to be helpful. (references)

Women

Bahrain

However, other women desire a return to more traditional values and support calls for a return to traditional Islamic patterns of social behavior. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

Labor Code reforms adopted in April authorized the Labor Ministry to establish a free legal assistance service for workers who desire to unionize. (references)

China

Many migrants, including numbers of young women, are attracted to the burgeoning private sector where unions are few and where their desire to earn more than they can in rural areas makes them easy to exploit. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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A desire

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Expressions using "desire": arouse desire in smb. ♦ be seized with a desire to ♦ compelling desire ♦ consuming desire ♦ desire eagerly ♦ desire for ♦ desire for achievement ♦ desire for vengeance ♦ desire line ♦ desire longingly ♦ desire of all nations ♦ desire smth. strongly ♦ desire to do ♦ desire to go ♦ desire to know ♦ devoured by desire ♦ earnest desire ♦ excessive sexual desire ♦ eyes be bright with desire ♦ gratify desire ♦ great desire ♦ object of desire ♦ passion desire ♦ secret desire ♦ sexual desire ♦ to one's heart's desire. Additional references.

Beginning with "desire": desire-breaching, desire-clouded, desire-darkened, desire-lines, desire-motivated.

Ending with "desire": sex-desire.

Afrikaans

verlang (ache, long, long for, wish, yearn), begeerte (avidity, covetousness, eagerness, greediness, want, wish), begeer (covet, wish). (various references)

Albanian

dëshiroj (aspire, care, choose, crave, desiderate, like, list, love, please, want, wish, wish for), dëshirë seksuale (concupiscence, libido), dëshirë e madhe (longing, yen), dëshirë (aim, appetite, craving, hunger, liking, looking for, love, notion, penchant, pleasure, prayer, want, wish), qejf (amusement, ball, bang, binge, delight, high spirits, humor, humour, luxury, pleasure, temper, zest), lutje (appeal, application, claim, cry, demand, devotion, devotions, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, orison, paternoster, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, praying, request, rogation, supplication, wish), kërkesë (application, bidding, call, claim, clamor, clamour, demand, exaction, instance, need, obsecration, petition, request, requirement, run, solicitation, suit, supplication, want), etje (anxiety, avidity, cupidity, drought, eagerness, hankering, hunger, thirst, voracity). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مطلوب (demand, desired, in demand, in request, required, sought after, wanted, wish, wished for), ‏مشيئة (volition), ‏توق (eagerness, hunger, longing, yearning), ‏تاق (ache, aim, aspire, crave, gasp, hanker, hone, hunger, pant, want, wish, yearn), ‏طلب (appeal, application, ask, call, call for, demand, instance, memorial, ordain, order, place, quest, reclaim, request, require, requisition, rush order, seek, tune), ‏جاذبية (appeal, attraction, attractions, attractiveness, charisma, fascination, pull), ‏إمنية, ‏إشتهى (feel like, hunger, lust, wish), ‏رغبة (craving, device, disposition, hangnail, inclination, longing, lust, mind, readiness, stomach, will, willingness, wish), ‏رغب (care, choose, crave, feel like, give the willies, interest, want, will, wish), ‏رام (wish), ‏شهوة (appetence, itch, lust, lust after, passion, pleasure, rage, will). (various references)

Bulgarian 

страст (abandon, addiction, ardour, feeling, fervency, fervor, fervour, infatuation, lust, passion, rage, vehemence), охота (appetite, readiness, relish, willingness, zest), молба (adjuration, appeal, application, boon, obsecration, obtestation, petition, plea, prayer, request, solicitation, suit, supplication), желая (desiderate, like, list, want, will, wish, would), желание (eagerness, fancy, notion, pleasure, stomach, will, willingness, wish), жадуване (craving), жадувам (ache, hanker, hunger, pant, pine, thirst, weary, yearn, yen), пожелание (wish), искане (appeal, application, call, claim, demand, instance, request, requisition, suit, wish), искам (ask, call for, choose, demand, like, list, please, postulate, request, require, seek, tax, want, will, wilt, wish, would). (various references)

Catalan

desitjar (wish), desig (want, wish), tenir (have, have got, to have, wish). (various references)

Chinese 

願望 (wish), 願 (hope, ready, willing, wish), 慾望 (lust), 慾 (wish), 欲望, 欲 (appetite, longing, wish), 意願 (aspiration, wish), 意 (idea, meaning, wish), 渴望 (desirous, wishful). (various references)

Czech

tužba (aspiration), touha (ambition, aspiration, craving, hunger, longing, thirst, urge, wish, yearning, yen), toužit (ache, aspire, hanker, want, yearn), přát si (choose, like, want, wish, wish for), přání (mind, option, will, wish). (various references)

Danish

ønske (want, wish). (various references)

Dutch

zucht (longing, tendency, want, wish), verlangen (ache, long for, longing, want, wish, yearn), verkiezen (choose, elect, pick out, prefer, wish), trek hebben in (wish), begeren (covet, wish), begeerte (alacrity, avidity, covetousness, eagerness, greediness, want, wish). (various references)

Esperanto

deziro (want, wish), deziri (wish). (various references)

Faeroese

ynskja (wish), ynski (want, wish). (various references)

Farsi 

میل داشتن (Long, Wish), میل (Bar, Delight, Goo, List, Perch, Ramrod, Rod, Stanchion, Stomach, Streak, Tendency, Turquoise, Will, Zest), کام (Palate, Wish), خواسته (Desirous, Request, Want, Wish, Would), خواستن (Ask, Beg, Bone, Call, Choose, Intend, Solicit, Want, Will, Wish), ارزوکردن (Aspire, Crave, Wish, Yearn), ارزو (Ambition, Appetite, Ideal, Will, Wish). (various references)

Finnish

haluta (care for, feel inclined, want, wish). (various references)

French

désirer, désir (device). (various references)

Frisian

winsk (want, wish), ferlangst (want, wish), ferlangje (wish). (various references)

German

Wunsch (request, requirement, want, will, wish), wünschen (require, to desire, to wish, want, wish), Verlangen (anxiety, appetite, appetites, ask, ask for, ask to see, call for, call out for, craving, demand, hankering, itch, long for, longing, lust, postulate, request, require, requisition, stipulate, to demand, to require, urge, want, yearn, yearning), lust (appetite, delight, disposal, gusto, inclination, itch, joy, lust, mind, passion, pleasure, sexual pleasure, stomach, tendency, want, wish, yen, zest), begierde (appetency, avidity, avidness, covetousness, cupidity, longing, lust, lustfulness, yearning), begehren (covet, crave, lust after, lust for, to covet, to desire), begehr (want, wish). (various references)

Greek 

επιθυμία (longing, wish, wishfulness, yearning). (various references)

Hawaiian

dëshiroj (wish), dëshirë (want, wish). (various references)

Hebrew 

לבקש (ask, beg, demand, request, seek, supplicate), בקש�" (application, petition, request, suit, wish), �"לך � פש (mood, temperament), כסוף (argent, craving, longed for, longing, silvern, yearning), חפץ (article, delight, object, thing, wanting, willing, wish), אפש (wish), חפיצ�" (will, wish), חשק (delight, eagerness, gusto, longing, lust, penchant, relish, zeal, zest), או�" (craving, longing, lust, passion, yearning), אווי (want), חמ�"�" (delight), שוק�", תאב�" (longing), תאו�" (craving, indulgence, longing, lust, passion, voluptuousness), רצון (favour, goodwill, grace, volition, will, wish), לחפוץ (want, wish), משאל (poll, referendum, request, wish), משא�" (lifting, rising smoke, yearning), מחמ�" (charm, delight, loveliness), מאו�" (fancy, fantasy, wish), יצר (compose, create, creature, impulse, inclination, instinct, lust, nature, urge), תשוק�" (craving, itch, lust, passion, rage, thirst, urge, yen), לחשוק (covet, love), לרצות (be willing, like, want, will, wish), לא�"וב (be fond of, covet, like, love), לאבות (be desirous, be willing, consent, want, wish), ל�"תאוות (covet, crave, long for, lust), ל�"תחשק (feel like, get a yen, lust), ל�"שתוקק (crave, hanker, hunger, long for, lust, strive, want, wish for, yearn), משאל�" (desideratum, request, wish), לחמו�" (covet, lust). (various references)

Hungarian

vágy (appetite, cupidity, eagerness, longing, stomach, thirst, wish), kívánság (cupidity, demand, postulate, request, will, wish). (various references)

Icelandic

óska (wish), ósk (want, wish). (various references)

Indonesian

pendambaan, menginginkan (want, wish), idam (appetite (of a pregnant wpman), craving), berkeinginan (wishful). (various references)

Irish

dúil, mian. (various references)

Italian

desiderio (want, wish), desiderare (fancy, pant, want, wants, will, wish), bramare (aspire, covet, crave, hanker, hunger, long, long for, lust, yearn). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

所望 (request, wish), 志望 (ambition, wish), 志望　 (ambition, wish), 志願 (aspiration, volunteering), 意欲 (ambition, will), 意慾 (ambition, will), 欲念 (passion, wish), 欲求 , 欲情 (craving, passion), 欲望 (appetite), 念 (attention, care, concern, feeling, idea, sense, thought), 慾 (avarice, craving, greed), 色気 (a shade of colour, charm, colouring, glamor, interest in the opposite sex, poetry, romance, seductiveness, sensuality, sex appeal, sexual passion), 所願 (wish), 思い (affection, emotion, expectation, experience, feelings, heart, hope, imagination, love, mind, sentiment, thought, wish), 想い (affection, emotion, expectation, experience, feelings, heart, hope, imagination, love, mind, sentiment, thought, wish), 望み (hope, wish), 僥 (luck, seek), デオキシリボ� �酸 (10^-1, carving, crepe de Chine, cutting up, decadence, decadent, decadentism, decanter, deci-, decibel, decimal, decimal point, decision, decision making, decision room, declamation, decode, decoder, decoding, decompiler, decorated cake, decoration, decoy, decrement, decrescendo, degree, deodorant, deoxyribo, deoxyribo nucleic acid, desert, design, design policy, design promoter, designer, designer brand, design-in, dessert, dessert wine, digital, digital analog, digital art, digital audio tape recorder, digital computer, digital speedometer, digital television, Dixie, Dixieland, Dixieland jazz, fancy cake, low status, low-cut, transfer), 庶幾 (hope), 願い (application, petition, prayer, request, wish), 願望 (aspiration, wish), 願望　 (aspiration, wish), 欲望　 (appetite). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しょもう (request, wish), よっきゅう, よくじょう (bath, craving, passion, wing shape), よくぼう (appetite), よくね�" (following year, passion, wish), いよく (ambition, will), いろけ (a shade of colour, charm, colouring, glamor, interest in the opposite sex, poetry, romance, seductiveness, sensuality, sex appeal, sexual passion), のぞみ (hope, wish), よく (avarice, bath, being skilled in, craving, greed, nicely, properly, skilled in, skillfully, thoroughly, wants, well), しょき (anticipated, clerk, early, expectation, expected, heat stroke, hope, hoped-for, hot weather, initial, initial stage, secretary, sunstroke), ぎょう (congeal, freeze, Imperial reign, line, luck, row, seek, verse), しょが�" (wish), しぼう (ambition, blubber, death, fat, grease, mortality, ovary, wish), しが�" (aspiration, historical insight, historical view, nature, spontaneous, the highest good, this world, volunteering), ねがい (application, petition, prayer, request, wish), デザイア , が�"もう (aspiration, total blindness, wish), が�"ぼう (aspiration, former crown prince, full particulars, full picture, the late crown prince, whole story, wish), おもい (affection, emotion, expectation, experience, feelings, heart, heavy, hope, imagination, important, love, massive, mind, oppressed, sentiment, serious, severe, thought, wish), ね�" (attention, care, concern, feeling, idea, sense, thought). (various references)

Korean 

욕망. (various references)

Manx

wooishal, mianey (fancy, hanker, hankering, long, lust, wish), laccal (deficiency, deficient, want), imney, fooilleil, doill. (various references)

Norwegian

ønske (want, wish). (various references)

Papiamen

deseo (want, wish), deseá (wish), antoho (want, wish). (various references)

Pig Latin

esireday.(various references)

Polish

pragnienie (want, wish), pragnąć (wish), życzyć (wish), życzenie (want, wish). (various references)

Portuguese

querer (feel like, like, list, love, want, will, willing, wish), desejo (appetite, breathing, craving, desirability, elan, fancy, fantasy, list, longing, lust, phantasy, pleasure, want, will, wish), desejar (ache, aspire, care, covet, crave, desiderate, fancy, have an eye for, hunger, like, list, please, will, wish), anseio (anxiety, aspiration, want, wish). (various references)

Romanian

dorinţã (accord, appetence, appetency, appetite, craving for, desideratum, device, lust, mind, notion, request, requirement, run, urge, wish, yearning), dorinţa (want, wish), dori (be willing to, bid, care for, choose, covet, expect, groan, hunger, like, list, request, sigh for, want, wish), vrere (device, will, wish), rugãminte (entreaty, Favor, favour, petition, prayer, request, requirement, suit, supplication), ruga (ask, beg, court, entreat, implore, invite, petition, pray, request), jind (envy, wish, yearning), gust (disposition, Flavor, flavour, gust, gusto, liking, palate, relish, savor, savour, smack, taste, zest), cerere (appeal, application, bill, claim, consumption, demand, entreaty, inquiry, market, petition, pretence, request, requirement, requisition, run, suit, supplication, wish), cere (apply for, ask, ask for, beg, bid, cadge, call for, challenge, charge, claim, command, court, demand, exact, expect, have, implore, involve, necessitate, petition, request, require, require smth. of smb., Sue, urge). (various references)

Russian 

страсть (fervour, lust, passion, rage), хотеть желание, вожделение (concupiscent), желать (will, willing to, wish), желание (appetence, appetency, appetite, aspiration, mind, the will, want, wish, would, yearnings), просьба (appeal, application, entreaty, obsecration, petition, plea, pray, request, supplication), предмет желания, п� (ascend, dance, diagram, get, jump, lie, opposite, plan), пожелать (wish). (various references)

Scottish

toil (inclination, the will, will). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

strast (passion), prohtev, hteti (mean, want, will, wish), čeznuti (die, long, pine, starve, yearn), želja (appetite, desirability, fancy, want, wish), želeti (care, like, want, wish). (various references)

Spanish

deseo (avidity, covetousness, desideratum, eagerness, greediness, I wish, want, will, wish, yearning), desear (ache, covet, long for, want, wish, wish for, yearn), tener (bear, carry, cut out, experience, hang onto, have, have got, having, hold, keep, keep on, keep up, live, live up, love, meet with, own, possess, practice, practise, retain, show, to have, travel, wear, wish), querer (cherish, desiderate, feel like, like, live, love, please, want, will, wish, woollen), gana (appetite, ask, ask for, demand, earns, hankering, require, wish). (various references)

Sranan

winsi (hope, want, wish). (various references)

Swedish

önska (want, wish, wish for), längtan (aspiration, hankering, hunger, longing, want, wish, yearning, yen), begär (appetite, avidity, covetousness, craving, eagerness, greediness, longing, lust, yen), önskan (anxiety, pleasure, want, wish), åtrå (concupiscence, covet, crave, hanker, lust, lust after, lust for, yearning), åstunda (long for). (various references)

Turkish

arzulamak (ache, aspire, hanker, have a yen for, long for, lust after, lust for, want, will, wish, yearn), arzu etmek (ache, hope, long, want, wish, wish for), arzu (affect, appetence, appetency, appetite, aspiration, conation, craving, hankering, hunger, intentness, longing, lust, maggot, passion, prurience, pruriency, rage, request, thirst, urge, want, will, willingness, wish, yearning, yen). (various references)

Turkmen 

ymt, myrat (wish), meяillenmek (wish for), kьяsemek (wish for), isleg, gцwnamek (agree with). (various references)

Ukrainian

хотіти (care, choose, please, want, will, wish), жадоба (appetite, avarice, avidity, craving, cupidity, greed, yearn, yearning), бажати (admire, care, choose, please, want, will, wish), бажання (appetite, optation, pleasure, volition, will, wish), просити (apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, crave, obsecrate, request, seek), прохання (appeal, application, boon, prayer, request, supplication, wish), прагнення (affectation, ambition, anxiety, appetency, appetition, aspiration, aspiring, craving, gravitation, hanker, hunger, libido, need, nisus, objective), пристрасть (appetence, appetite, ardency, ardour, bias, care, flame, fondness, leaning, lust, partiality, passion, predilection, propensity, rage, weakness, yen), побажання (optation, wish). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật ao ước dục vọng lời đề nghị, sự thèm muốn (covetousness, craving, envy, hankering), sự mong muốn (wishing), sự mơ ước, sự khát khao (longingness, yearning), sự ao ước (hankering, yearning), lòng thèm muốn (appetence, appetency), lòng khát khao vật mong muốn, lời yêu cầu (request, suit), lệnh (command, commission, mandate, precept). (various references)

Welsh

chwant (appetite, craving, lust, want, wish). (various references)

Zulu

-fisela (wish), -fisa (wish). (various references)

la. (various references)

appetentes, appetere, appetitus, appetunt, appetuntur, aves, avesque, capta, captabunt, capto, concupierat, concupierunt, concupivi, concupivit, cupidinis, cupido, cupio, cura, curabant, curabantur, curabat, curabimini, curabit, curabo, curabunt, curamini, curandi, curandum, curans, curantes, curare, curarem, curarentur, curaret, curaretur, curari, curas, curasset, curata, curatae, curate, curatus, curaverunt, curavimus, curavit, curem, cures, desiderabant, desiderabat, desiderabis, desiderabit, desiderabunt, desideramus, desiderans, desiderant, desiderantes, desiderantibus, desiderantis, desiderantium, desiderare, desideras, desiderasti, desiderastis, desiderat, desiderati, desideratus, desideraveram, desideraverat, desideraveris, desideraverunt, desideravi, desideravimus, desideravit, desideres, desideret, desidero, esurio, expetam, expetere, expetierit, expetit, expetivit, expetunt, hares, have, havete, inhiabant, inhio, libidine, libidinem, libidini, libidinis, libido, libitum, optabam, optabant, optare, optat, optata, optatis, optaverat, optavi, opto, orexis, petam, petatis, pete, petebant, petens, petent, petentes, petenti, petentibus, petere, peteremus, peterent, peteret, petet, petetis, petierat, petieratis, petierimus, petierint, petieris, petierit, petieritis, petierunt, petii, petiit, petimus, petimusque, petisses, petisti, petistis, petit, petite, petitis, petitoque, petivi, petivit, petivitque, peto, petunt, requiro, stude, student, studeo, voluntas, voluntate, voluntatem, voluntates, voluntati, voluntatibus, voluntatis. (various references)

îzhâ, bereja, izha, vas, vasô, vasna. (various references)

geornfulnes, lust. (various references)

talentum. (various references)

abeance, devis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "desire": desired, desirer, desirers, desires. (additional references)

Words containing "desire": undesired. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Desire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deair, defire, dehire, deidre, Delire, demire, Demsar, deseree, deseret, deside, desine, desiore, Desir, desiree, desiren, desireth, desirs, desirv, desirve, desize, despire, desribe, Dessi, destra, desyre, Deziel, Dezsoe, dfesire, discre, disine, disire, disirve, dosie, Dosifey, dsir, duire, Duiser, Dussie, Vezirov. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: eiders, reside.

-1 letter: deers, drees, dries, eider, redes, reeds, resid, rides, seder, sered, sired, siree.

-2 letters: deer, dees, dere, dies, dire, dree, eide, ides, ired, ires, rede, reds, reed, rees, reis, ride, rids, rise, seed, seer, sere, side, sire.

-3 letters: dee, die, dis, eds, ere, ers, ids, ire, red, ree, rei, res, rid, see, sei, ser.

+1 letter: dearies, decries, defiers, deicers, deniers, derbies, derides, derives, derries, desired, desirer, desires, deviser, diester, dieters, diverse, nereids, oreides, preside, readies, redries, reedits, remised, resided, resider, resides, residue, resiled, resined, resited, resized, revised, sedgier, seedier, serifed, serried, speired, spiered, ureides.

+2 letters: airspeed, arsenide, bestride, birdseed, birdseye, bistered, debrides, debriefs, debruise, deciares, deciders, decriers, decuries, deerskin, defilers, definers, deifiers, delivers, demerits, demireps, deprives, deriders, derisive, derivers, dermises, derrises, describe, descried, descrier, descries, desertic, designer, desilver, desirers, despiser, destrier, devisers, diereses, dieresis, diesters, diethers, digester, dimeters, direness, disagree, discreet, discrete, disperse, disserve, dissever, diureses, diverges, doweries, drearies, dreidels, dressier, duperies, edifiers, editress, emeroids, energids, epiderms, esquired, fielders, fireside, foreside, hirseled, immersed, impeders, inbreeds, indexers, indorsee, inserted, leisured, nearside, nerdiest, nereides, overside, perished, precised, preedits, premised, presided, presider, presides, prevised, priested, readiest, realised, rebodies, redefies, redenies, redesign, redigest, redlines, redrives, reediest, reedings, reissued, relished, relisted, remedies, reprised, reraised, resailed, reseized, reshined, resident, residers, residues, resifted, resigned, resisted, respired, respited, rewidens, sclereid, scrieved, seriated, seriffed, serviced, shielder, shivered, shrewdie, shrieked, shrieved, sidereal, siderite, silvered, simmered, simpered, sintered, sistered, slivered, speedier, steadier, tiredest, trendies, uredines, weirdest, weirdies, weirdoes, wideners, wielders, yielders.