Desire and Like

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Desire verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

Usage example: he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday

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Like is a synonym for desire in want topic. In some cases you can use "Like" instead the word "Desire" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: desirous, desirable, desired, desiring, Desiree

Like noun - Positive regard for something.

Usage example: she thought her new boyfriend was unusually interested in her likes and dislikes

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Desire is a synonym for like in choose topic. You can use "Desire" instead the word "Like" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as wish.

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

human	human desire	human like
good	good desire	good like
similar	similar desire	similar like
simple	simple desire	simple like
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, little, sexual, personal, new.

power	desire power	like power
life	desire life	like life
woman	desire woman	like woman
sex	desire sex	like sex
Other words: children, nothing, war, whatever, women, stories.

I Just Want To Have Friends, like The Four Loves, is a form of Wish Fulfillment answering to the desire that some members of the audience have to form many close friendships.

Source: I Just Want to Have Friends
She starts out hiding her love of stuffed animals and desire to doll up in cute clothing behind a masculine exterior, out of a desire to be a respected martial artist like her Ill Boy twin brother Satsuki.

Source: Girliness Upgrade
In Astérix and the Magic Carpet, one of the villains expresses the desire that, "like my cousin Iznogoud, I will be Rajah instead of the Rajah" (Goscinny created both comics).

Source: Comic Book / Astérix

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