Crossword-Solution: DESIRE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Desire | v. t. | To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet. |
| Desire | v. t. | To express a wish for; to entreat; to request. |
| Desire | v. t. | To require; to demand; to claim. |
| Desire | v. t. | To miss; to regret. |
| Desire | v. t. | The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy. |
| Desire | v. t. | An expressed wish; a request; petition. |
| Desire | v. t. | Anything which is desired; an object of longing. |
| Desire | v. t. | Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite. |
| Desire | v. t. | Grief; regret. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| DESIRE | anagram | DERIES, EIDERS, RESIDE |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with DESIRE (5)
Each house shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Hook heaved a heavy sigh, and I know not why it was, perhaps it was because of the soft beauty of the evening, but there came over him a desire to confide to his faithful bo’sun the story of his life.
Sight hateful, sight tormenting! thus these two Imparadis’t in one anothers arms The happier _Eden_, shall enjoy thir fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to Hell am thrust, Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire, Among our other torments not the least, Still unfulfill’d with pain of longing pines; Yet let me not forget what I have gain’d From thir own mouths; all is not theirs it seems: One fatal Tree there stands of Knowledge call’d, Forbidden them to taste: Knowledge forbidd’n? Suspicious, reasonless.
The Mole and His Mother A MOLE, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: “I am sure than I can see, Mother!” In the desire to prove to him his mistake, his Mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, “What is it?” The young Mole said, “It is a pebble.” His Mother exclaimed: “My son, I am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.” The Herdsman and the Lost Bull A HERDSMAN tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold.
They regarded it as evidence of great confidence reposed in them by their overseers; and it was on this account, as well as a constant desire to be out of the field from under the driver’s lash, that they esteemed it a high privilege, one worth careful living for.
Quotes with DESIRE (3)
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
... the proper self-knowledge and self-love of every created thing is ipso facto a participation in the knowledge and love of God. The entire universe moves by desire for the Highest Good simply because every part of it loves what God loves - namely, its own being.
That very breath wherewith they utter their complaints is a blessing and a fundamental one too for if God would withdraw that they were incapable of whatsoever else either have or desire.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 137 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).