desire

de-sire · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

  2. 2.

    Sexual appetite or longing.

  3. 3.

    Something that is desired.

  4. 4.

    To strongly wish for or want something.

  5. 5.

    To want someone sexually.

Forms

plural: desires

Related words

Antonyms: aversion, dislike, reluctance
See also: desirable, desired, wish
Synonyms: craving, longing, want, wish, yearning

Etymology

From Old French desirer, from Latin desiderare meaning "to long for, wish for," originally "to await what the stars will bring," from de- + sidus meaning "star, constellation."