desire

noun, verb82 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.5

A desire for sexual activity.

A powerful and intense desire.

A profound and strongly felt desire.

A very strong and passionate desire.

A desire that is increasing over time.

A desire that cannot be satisfied.

A desire that is impossible to satisfy, like a thirst.

To want something very much.

Someone or something that is strongly wished for.

To possess or feel a particular desire.

To experience an emotion or sensation of wanting something.

To fulfill or gratify a desire.

To state or show that you have a particular desire.

To keep a desire in one's mind, especially secretly.

To keep a desire in one's mind, especially secretly.

Used to specify what is wanted.

Collocations with "desire"

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