urge
noun/ɜːdʒ/
/ɜːrdʒ/
- a strong desire to do something
- Freud claimed that this behaviour was caused by the repression of sexual urges.
- urge to do something I had a sudden urge to hit him.
Extra Examples- I felt a sudden urge to smash the teapot against the wall.
- I suppressed a strong urge to yawn.
- Leaving him off the guest list satisfied her urge for revenge.
- She resisted the urge to kiss him.
- an instinctive urge to tap your feet to the beat of the music
- the human urge to control the environment
- the primal urge to reproduce
- She felt a violent urge to laugh, but suppressed it, with difficulty.
- a biological/primitive urge
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- desperate
- great
- incredible
- …
- experience
- feel
- get
- …
- urge for
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin urgere ‘press, drive’.
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