ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

865. Desire -- N. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.
mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity
&c 820; willingness &c 602; liking, love, fondness, relish.
longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration,
ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement [Fr.], breathless
impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity, &c 825.
appetite, appetition † , appetence † , appetency † ; sharp appetite, keenness, hunger,
stomach, twist; thirst, thirstiness; drouth, mouthwatering; itch, itching; prurience,
cacoethes [Lat.], cupidity, lust, concupiscence.
edge of appetite, edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth, lickerish tooth † ;
itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye.
[excessive desire for money] greed &c 817.1.
voracity &c (gluttony) 957.
passion, rage, furore † , mania, manie † ; inextinguishable desire; dipsomania,
kleptomania.
[Person who desires] lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate,
applicant, supplicant; cormorant &c 957.
[Object of desire] desideratum; want &c (requirement) 630; a consummation devoutly
to be wished; attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination,
prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey † ; maggot; hobby,
hobby-horse.
Fortunatus's cap; wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well.
V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c adj.. have a longing &c n.; hope &c 858.
care for, affect, like, list; take to, cling to, take a fancy to; fancy; prefer &c (choose)
609.
have an eye, have a mind to; find it in one's heart &c (be willing) 602; have a fancy
for, set one's eyes upon; cast a sheep's eye upon, look sweet upon; take into one's head,
have at heart, be bent upon; set one's cap at, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon;
covet.
want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of.
be hungry &c adj.; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork; hunger after,
thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for;
burn to.
desiderate † ; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn
for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at.
woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle.
cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke desire; whet the
appetite; appetize † , titillate, allure, attract, take one's fancy, tempt; hold out temptation,
hold out allurement; tantalize, make one's mouth water, faire venir l'eau a la bouche
[Fr.].
gratify desire &c (give pleasure) 829.
Adj. desirous; desiring &c v.; inclined &c (willing) 602; partial to; fain, wishful,
optative † ; anxious, wistful, curious; at a loss for, sedulous, solicitous.
craving, hungry, sharp-set, peckish † , ravening, with an empty stomach, esurient † ,
lickerish † , thirsty, athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger, famished, dry,