urge

noun and verb48 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.6

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Describes a desire that appears unexpectedly.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Describes a desire that is natural and not learned.

Describes a desire that is natural and not learned.

Used to describe a very strong and urgent feeling.

Refers to the desire for sexual activity.

Describes an unusual or unexpected desire.

Refers to desires that are common to all people.

Describes a basic, ancient, and powerful desire related to survival or instinct.

Refers to a strong desire to make or invent something.

Describes a sudden and very strong desire, often to do something destructive.

Refers to a desire driven by the body's natural processes, like hunger or sleep.

Describes a basic, ancient, and powerful desire related to survival or instinct.

Describes a basic, ancient, and powerful desire related to survival or instinct.

To recommend something with great conviction.

To repeatedly encourage or recommend.

To repeatedly encourage or recommend.

To recommend something in a way that is open to everyone.

To encourage someone in a mild and kind way.

To encourage someone privately or without drawing attention.

To encourage someone without speaking, perhaps with a look or gesture.

Indicates the object or reason for the desire, as in 'an urge for revenge'.

To have or feel a sudden desire.

To have or feel a sudden desire.

To stop yourself from doing something you want to do.

To have or feel a sudden desire.

To stop yourself from doing something you want to do.

To stop yourself from doing something you want to do.

To have or feel a sudden desire.

To do what a desire is telling you to do.

To stop yourself from doing something you want to do.

To successfully control a desire.

To pay no attention to a desire.

To stop yourself from doing something you want to do.