Definition of desire

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Desire (v. t.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

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Inordinacy :: Inordinacy (n.) The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire..
Envy :: Envy (n.) Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar..
Lust :: Lust (n.) Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain..
Wisher :: Wisher (n.) One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish.
Love-sick :: Love-sick (a.) Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid..
Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
Gog :: Gog (n.) Haste; ardent desire to go.
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it..
Ambition :: Ambition (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something..
Desireful :: Desireful (a.) Filled with desire; eager.
Venereal :: Venereal (a.) Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
Happy :: Happy (superl.) Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire..
Allotriophagy :: Allotriophagy (n.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
Passion :: Passion (n.) The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..
Smithing :: Smithing (n.) The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape..
Itch :: Itch (v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears..
Signify :: Signify (n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present..
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