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3 senses of desire Sense 1 desire -- (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state) ! am"ition, aspiration, dream -- (a cherished desire# "his am"ition is to o$n his o$ n "usiness") ! %merican &ream -- (the $idespread aspiration of %mericans to li'e "etter tha n their parents did) ! emulation -- (am"ition to e(ual or e)cel) ! nationalism -- (the aspiration for national independence felt "y people under f oreign domination) ! "loodlust -- (a desire for "loodshed) ! temptation -- (the desire to ha'e or do something that you kno$ you should a'oi d# "he felt the temptation and his $ill po$er $eakened") ! cra'ing -- (an intense desire for some particular thing) ! appetite, appetency, appetence -- (a feeling of cra'ing something# "an appetite for life"# "the o"*ect of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possi"le"- +ran'ille Hick s) ! stomach -- (an appetite for food# "e)ercise ga'e him a good stomach for din ner") ! s$eet tooth -- (a strong appetite for s$eet food) ! addiction -- (an a"normally strong cra'ing) ! $ish, $ishing, $ant -- (a specific feeling of desire# "he got his $ish"# "he $as a" o'e all $ishing and desire") ! 'elleity -- (a mere $ish, unaccompanied "y effort to o"tain) ! longing, yearning -- (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need) ! hankering, yen -- (a yearning for something or to do something) ! pining -- (a feeling of deep longing) ! lo'esickness -- (a pining for a lo'ed one) ! $ishfulness -- (an unrealistic yearning) ! $istfulness -- (a sadly pensi'e longing) ! nostalgia -- (longing for something past) ! homesickness -- (a longing to return home) ! discontentment, discontent, discontentedness -- (a longing for something "ette r than the present situation) ! disgruntlement -- (a feeling of sulky discontent) ! dysphoria -- (a"normal depression and discontent) ! dissatisfaction -- (the feeling of "eing displeased and discontent# "he $as ne

'er slo$ to e)press his dissatisfaction $ith the ser'ice he recei'ed") ! "oredom, ennui, tedium -- (the feeling of "eing "ored "y something tedio us) ! "lahs -- (a general feeling of "oredom and dissatisfaction) ! fatigue -- ((al$ays used $ith a modifier) "oredom resulting from o'ere )posure to something# "he $as suffering from museum fatigue"# "after $atching ,- $it h her hus"and she had a "ad case of foot"all fatigue"# "the %merican pu"lic is e)perienci ng scandal fatigue"# "political fatigue") ! displeasure -- (the feeling of "eing displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied $ith someone or something) ! disappointment, letdo$n -- (a feeling of dissatisfaction that results $hen your e)pectations are not reali.ed# "his hopes $ere so high he $as doomed to disappoint ment") ! frustration, defeat -- (the feeling that accompanies an e)perience of "ei ng th$arted in attaining your goals) ! se)ual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction -- (a desire for se)ual intimacy) ! lo'e -- (a deep feeling of se)ual desire and attraction# "their lo'e left them indi fferent to their surroundings"# "she $as his first lo'e") ! aphrodisia -- (a desire for heterose)ual intimacy) ! anaphrodisia -- (decline or a"sence of se)ual desire) ! passion -- (a feeling of strong se)ual desire) ! sensuality, sensualness, sensualism -- (desire for sensual pleasures) ! amorousness, eroticism, erotism, se)iness, amati'eness -- (the arousal of feeli ngs of se)ual desire) ! prurience, pruriency, lasci'iousness, carnality -- (feeling mor"id se)ual desi re) ! li"ido -- ((psychoanalysis) a /reudian term for se)ual urge or desire) ! lecherousness, lust, lustfulness -- (a strong se)ual desire) ! nymphomania -- (a"normally intense se)ual desire in $omen) ! satyriasis -- (a"normally intense se)ual desire in men) ! urge, itch -- (a strong restless desire# "$hy this urge to tra'el0") ! caprice, impulse, $him -- (a sudden desire# "he "ought it on an impulse") Sense 1 desire -- (an inclination to $ant things# "a man of many desires") ! hunger, thirst -- (strong desire for something (not food or drink)# "a thirst for kno $ledge"# "hunger for affection") ! greed -- (e)cessi'e desire to ac(uire or possess more (especially more material $ ealth) than one needs or deser'es) ! a'arice, a'ariciousness, co'etousness, cupidity -- (e)treme greed for material $ealth) ! possessi'eness -- (e)cessi'e desire to possess or dominate)

! ac(uisiti'eness -- (strong desire to ac(uire and possess) ! "i"liomania -- (preoccupation $ith the ac(uisition and possession of "ooks) ! retenti'eness -- (the property of retaining possessions that ha'e "een ac(uir ed) Sense 3 desire -- (something that is desired) ! rage, passion -- (something that is desired intensely# "his rage for fame destroyed him") ! materialism, philistinism 2 (a desire for $ealth and material possessions $ith little interest in ethical or spiritual

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3 senses of desire Sense 1 desire -- (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state) ! feeling -- (the e)periencing of affecti'e and emotional states# "she ha d a feeling of euphoria"# "he had terri"le feelings of guilt"# "3 disliked him an d the feeling $as mutual") ! psychological feature -- (a feature of the mental life of a li'ing org anism) Sense 1 desire -- (an inclination to $ant things# "a man of many desires") ! tendency, inclination -- (a characteristic likelihood of or natural dispo sition to$ard a certain condition or character or effect# "the alkaline inclinatio n of the local $aters"# "fa"ric $ith a tendency to shrink") ! disposition -- (a natural or ac(uired ha"it or characteristic tendency in a person or thing# "a s$elling $ith a disposition to rupture") ! property -- (a "asic or essential attri"ute shared "y all mem"ers o f a class# "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles")

! attri"ute -- (an a"straction "elonging to or characteristic of an entity) ! a"straction -- (a general concept formed "y e)tracting com mon features from specific e)amples) Sense 3 desire -- (something that is desired) ! arousal -- (a state of heightened physiological acti'ity) ! physiological state, physiological condition -- (the state of the "ody or "odily functions) ! state -- (the $ay something is $ith respect to its main attri"utes# "the current state of kno$ledge"# "his state of health"# "in a $eak financial st ate4 matters)