Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

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Utility :: Utility (n.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2..
Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain..
Euthanasia :: Euthanasia (n.) An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.
Burn :: Burn (v. i.) To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever..
Inexpedient :: Inexpedient (a.) Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another..
Desired :: Desired (imp. & p. p.) of Desir.
Hate :: Hate (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love..
Chthonophagy :: Chthonophagy (n.) A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc..
Vanity :: Vanity (n.) The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
Poverty :: Poverty (n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas..
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To miss; to regret.
Hostile :: Hostile (a.) Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change..
Optative :: Optative (a.) Expressing desire or wish.
Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
O :: O (interj.) An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc..
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires..
Inhiation :: Inhiation (n.) A gaping after; eager desire; craving.
Torrefy :: Torrefy (v. t.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired..
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) To have an eager desire; to long.
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