Admire vs. Desire — What's the Difference?

To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval

Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires.

To have a high opinion of; esteem or respect

To wish or long for; want

Chiefly New England & Upper Southern US To enjoy (something)

To want to have sex with (another person).

(Archaic) To marvel or wonder at.

To express a wish for; request.

To marvel at something. Often used with at.

The feeling of wanting to have something or wishing that something will happen.

To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

An instance of this feeling

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

Sexual appetite; passion.

(transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.

An object of such feeling or passion

(transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.

(Archaic) A request or petition.

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

To want; to wish for earnestly.

To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; - sometimes with at.

To want emotionally or sexually.

Feel admiration for

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

Look at with admiration

To require; to demand; to claim.

To miss; to regret.

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

(uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

(uncountable) Motivation. en

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

To require; to demand; to claim.

To miss; to regret.

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.

An expressed wish; a request; petition.

Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

Grief; regret.

The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

An inclination to want things;

Something that is desired

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

Expect and wish;

Express a desire for