Usually means: Irresistible urge to do something.
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  20. Cacoethes: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cacoethes)

▸ noun:  Compulsion; mania.
▸ noun:  (medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

Similar:
mania, passion, cacoëthes, cacoepist, catochus, cacoëpy, coath, cacoepy, cothe, craze, more...

Opposite:
euphoria, contentment, satisfaction

Types:
mania, frenzy, delirium, insanity, madness, psychosis, more...

Colors:
    carmine,     crimson,     burgundy,     scarlet,     vermilion, more...
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Similar:
mania, passion, cacoëthes, cacoepist, catochus, cacoëpy, coath, cacoepy, cothe, craze, more...

Opposite:
euphoria, contentment, satisfaction

Types:
mania, frenzy, delirium, insanity, madness, psychosis, more...

Colors:
    carmine,     crimson,     burgundy,     scarlet,     vermilion, more...



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