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desire

[dih-zahyuhr] / dɪˈzaɪər /




VERB
ask, request
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK
not want


Usage

What are other ways to say desire? Desire, a formal verb, suggests a strong wish: They desire liberation. Wish implies the feeling of an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace.

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Kvaratskhelia and Dembele combined for the game's defining moment, while 20-year-old Desire Doue - the young face of the new PSG - tormented Vincent Kompany's side, coming close on several occasions in the second half.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Goals from Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia give PSG a 2-0 victory over Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“Where there is no History, Desire rushes in,” writes Mr. Mahajan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

That gave PSG the opportunity to reclaim first place and they made short work of the division's bottom club at the Parc des Princes, with Desire Doue, Bradley Barcola and Goncalo Ramos scoring the goals.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Desire made me cross over to the other side, desire and the facticity of my body.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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