| desire | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ ambition, aspiration, dream | a cherished desire.; "his ambition is to own his own business" |
| ~ bloodlust | a desire for bloodshed. |
| ~ temptation | the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid.; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened" |
| ~ craving | an intense desire for some particular thing. |
| ~ wish, wishing, want | a specific feeling of desire.; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" |
| ~ longing, yearning, hungriness | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. |
| ~ concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire, eros | a desire for sexual intimacy. |
| ~ itch, urge | a strong restless desire.; "why this urge to travel?" |
| ~ caprice, whim, impulse | a sudden desire.; "he bought it on an impulse" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. desire | an inclination to want things.; "a man of many desires" |
| ~ tendency, inclination | a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" |
| ~ hunger, thirst, hungriness, thirstiness | strong desire for something (not food or drink).; "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" |
| ~ greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves. |
| n. (state) | 3. desire | something that is desired. |
| ~ arousal | a state of heightened physiological activity. |
| ~ passion, rage | something that is desired intensely.; "his rage for fame destroyed him" |
| ~ materialism, philistinism | a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| ~ crave, lust, hunger, thirst, starve | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. |
| ~ take to, fancy, go for | have a fancy or particular liking or desire for.; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" |
| ~ miss | feel or suffer from the lack of.; "He misses his mother" |
| ~ hope | be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" |
| ~ wish | hope for; have a wish.; "I wish I could go home now" |
| ~ wish well, wish | feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of. |
| ~ like, wish, care | prefer or wish to do something.; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" |
| ~ itch, spoil | have a strong desire or urge to do something.; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" |
| ~ like | want to have.; "I'd like a beer now!" |
| ~ ambition | have as one's ambition. |
| ~ feel like | have an inclination for something or some activity.; "I feel like staying in bed all day"; "I feel like a cold beer now" |
| ~ begrudge, envy | be envious of; set one's heart on. |
| ~ lech after, lust after | have a strong sexual desire for.; "he is lusting after his secretary" |
| ~ hanker, long, yearn | desire strongly or persistently. |
| ~ seek | try to get or reach.; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. desire, hope, trust | expect and wish.; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" |
| ~ wish | hope for; have a wish.; "I wish I could go home now" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. desire | express a desire for. |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| envy | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. enviousness, envy | a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another. |
| ~ bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. |
| ~ covetousness | an envious eagerness to possess something. |
| ~ green-eyed monster, jealousy | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival). |
| ~ penis envy | (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity. |
| n. (act) | 2. envy, invidia | spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins). |
| ~ deadly sin, mortal sin | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace.; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. envy | feel envious towards; admire enviously. |
| ~ admire, look up to | feel admiration for. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. begrudge, envy | be envious of; set one's heart on. |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| ~ covet | wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person).; "She covets her sister's house" |
| yen | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. hankering, yen | a yearning for something or to do something. |
| ~ longing, yearning, hungriness | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. yen | the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen. |
| ~ sen | a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel. |
| ~ japanese monetary unit | monetary unit in Japan. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. ache, languish, pine, yearn, yen | have a desire for something or someone who is not present.; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" |
| ~ die | languish as with love or desire.; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" |
| ~ hanker, long, yearn | desire strongly or persistently. |
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