Clues for the word "DESIRE"
We've had 79 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 240 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on June 12, 2026.
Definition of desire
- v. t. - To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
- v. t. - To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
- v. t. - To require; to demand; to claim.
- v. t. - To miss; to regret.
- 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.
- v. t. - An expressed wish; a request; petition.
- v. t. - Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
- v. t. - Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
- v. t. - Grief; regret.
Referring Clues
- Really fancy
- Longing
- Want
- It's often burning
- Covet
- It may be burning
- Hunger
- Getting a raise, maybe
- Fancy
- Hanker for
- See 5-Down
- Craving
- Set one's heart on
- Long for
- Soap ingredient?
- Yen
- Bob Dylan album with the song "Hurricane"
- Start of an O'Neill title
- New Orleans streetcar
- Crave
- Wish for
- It's sometimes burning
- Streetcar name?
- Name of Tennessee's streetcar
- Appetite
- O'Neill title starter
- Yearn for
- Tennessee Williams "streetcar"
- U2 hit of 1988
- Streetcar named______
- Wish
- Lust after
- Urge
- Have a yen for
- Hunger for
- Strong longing
- Yearning
- Expressed wish
- More than want
- Hankering
- Found under the elms?
- Passion
- Wish to have
- "Hots"
- Aspiration
- Sexual craving
- Lust
- Crave or want
- U2 "Rattle and Hum" hit
- Want strongly
- Longing to push teacher into the river
- This appetite is unusual in wild deer
- The urge to shove teacher into the river
- Want a Dylan album?
- Want to drop teacher into river
- Wish or long for
- "Burning" thing
- State of want
- Longing for a boy with passion
- Lust of French father
- Emotional exigency
- Passion for teacher's indeed unending
- Drugs blocking awful feeling of lover
- Urge to chuck teacher into the river
- A half dead stallion has a certain need
- Itch
- See 23
- Want Father Edward to come back at first
- Name a streetcar if you wish
- "The ___ of the moth for the star": Shelley
- Want to reshuffle the side again
- The wish of one hiding in the matted reeds
- Top 10 U2 song from "Rattle and Hum"
- Passionate feeling
- A strong one may be burning
- "Burning" feeling
- Strong urge
- Have eyes for
- "Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric)
Last Seen In
- New York Times - June 12, 2026
- New York Times - June 02, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 18, 2026
- LA Times - April 27, 2026
- New York Times - April 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 15, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 26, 2025
- New York Times - November 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2025
- Daily American - August 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 12, 2025
- USA Today - January 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2024
- Daily American - November 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 29, 2024
- New York Times - August 13, 2024
- USA Today - July 31, 2024
- And in 210 more crossword puzzles...