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desire

/dɪˈzʌɪə/

US pronunciation

American sound/dɪˈzʌɪə/

dɪˈzʌɪə

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

dɪ - ˈzʌɪə -> desire

Myanmar meaning

(n) လိုအင်ဆန္ဒ (v) လိုချင်

Full entry

desire /dÇ'zaÇǝ(r)/ n

၁။ [U, C] ~ (for sth/to do sth) လိုအင်။ ဆန္ဒ။ တောင့်တမှု။ အလို။ အာသီသ။ အာသာ။
They had little desire for wealth/to become wealthy. ❍ enough money to satisfy all your desires ❍ He expressed a desire to see his sons again. ❍ She experienced a sudden/intense/overwhelming desire to return home.
၂။ [U, C] ~ (for sth/ to do sth) တပ်မက်မှု။ ရမ္မက်။
my desire for her/to make love with her ❍ passionate/burning desires.
၃။ [C usu sing ] လိုအင်ဆန္ဒ။ ဆုတောင်း။ တောင်းဆု။
When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire.
v (not used in the continuous tenses)
၁။ (rather fml ) လိုချင်သည်။ တောင့်တသည်။ ဆန္ဒရှိသည်။
We all desire happiness and health. ❍ I've been taking the medicine regularly but it doesn't seem to be having the desired effect. ❍ In those days women desired only to please their husbands.
၂။ ကာမရာဂစိတ်ဖြင့် တပ်မက်သည်၊ စွဲလမ်း သည်။
He still desired her, and she him.
❏ leave a lot, much, something, etc to be de'sired [IDM ]
အာသာငမ်းငမ်းဖြစ်သည်။ မတင်းတိမ်နိုင်။

More examples

Ordinary human needs and desires
[a desire to do something] : His desire to join the army
[desire for] : Their desire for peace and stability in Europe
[have no desire for something/to do something] : Young people have no desire to work for the government.
[desire that] : The leaders’ desire that neither country should lose any territory

Synonyms

wish, want, longing, craving, yearning, need, aspiration, admiration, aim, ambition, appeal, appetite, ardor, ask, aspire to, attraction, avidity, be smitten, be turned on by, beg, bespeak, choose, concupiscence, cotton to, covet, covetousness, crave, craze, cupidity, desiderate, devotion, die over, doting, eagerness, eat sleep and breathe, enjoy, entreat, entreaty, fall for, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, give eyeteeth for, go for, greed, hanker after, hankering, have eyes for, have on the brain, have the hots for, hope, hung up on, hunger, hunger for, immersed in, implore, importune, importunity, in to, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, like, liking, long for, love, lust, lust after, make advances to, mania, motive, obsessed, partial to, passion, petition, pine, plea, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, really into, relish, request, require, salacity, seek, set heart on, solicit, solicitation, solicitude, spoil for, supplication, sweet on, take a liking to, take a shine to, take to, taken over, thirst, up to here in, urge, voracity, will, wish for, wound up with, wrapped in, wrapped up in, yearn for

Antonyms

abjure, answer, antagonism, antipathy, apathy, aversion, coolness, despise, disgust, disinclination, disinterest, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, indifference, loathing, not want, peacefulness, reply, repulsion, satisfaction

Cross references

wish want longing craving yearning need aspiration admiration aim ambition appeal appetite ardor ask aspire to attraction avidity be smitten be turned on by beg bespeak choose concupiscence cotton to covet covetousness crave craze

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