desires
Meaning of desires
plural noun
- a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
he resisted public desires for choice in education
- strongly wish for or want (something).
he never achieved the status he so desired
Middle English: from Old French desir (noun), desirer (verb), from Latin desiderare (see desiderate).
Information about desires
- The singular form of desires is: desire.
- Languages in which desires is used:
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Hyphenation of desires
de-sires
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- desires is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
desires synonyms
Meaning a desire or hope for something to happen:
Meaning a desire for something:
Meaning a superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction:
Meaning a person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition:
Meaning a hope or ambition of achieving something:
Meaning a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act:
Meaning a greater liking for one alternative over another or others:
Meaning a feeling of intense longing for something:
Meaning a yearning desire:
Meaning a powerful desire for something:
Meaning a strong desire to have or do something:
Meaning suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart:
Meaning an emotion experienced with painful or bittersweet intensity:
Meaning a strong desire or craving:
Meaning a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something:
Meaning a restless or strong desire to do something:
Meaning on fire:
Meaning circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity:
Meaning enthusiasm to do or to have something; keenness:
Meaning intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval:
Meaning the quality of being determined; firmness of purpose:
Meaning a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something:
Meaning a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing:
Meaning a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way:
Meaning the basic monetary unit of Japan:
Meaning feel a powerful desire for (something):
Meaning yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another):
Meaning officially compulsory, or otherwise considered essential; indispensable:
Meaning needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential:
Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:
Meaning restore to a normal or upright position:
Meaning put right (an error or fault):
Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:
Meaning a small part on or attached to a piece of furniture or equipment:
Meaning right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation:
Meaning like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose:
Meaning past participle of choose:
Meaning carefully choose as being the best or most suitable:
Meaning regarded as likely; anticipated:
Meaning have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for:
Meaning require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable:
Meaning greatly desired or envied:
desires antonyms
Meaning not or no longer desired:
Anagrams of desires
Words that rhyme with desires
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