Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or expressing desire; desiring: Both sides were desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adj. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having or expressing desire for something
Etymologies
- Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Oh yeah, your dad is still kicking your ass, your livelihood is threatened by a fickle public, and the pressure is on you to do something to stay relevant ... remain desirous ...”
“Such an affection has he for his country, and so truly desirous is he of the welfare of it, that he would be content to lie under the imputation of a false prophet, so that their ruin might be prevented.”
“The Sub – Prior readily obeyed the first part of the Abbot’s injunction, but paused upon the second — “It is Friday, most reverend,” he said in Latin, desirous that the hint should escape, if possible, the ears of the stranger.”
“Governor N.N. January 3rd, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir chief minister-designate Omar Abdullah Sunday said he was 'desirous' of talking to separatist leaders from the state.”
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“Limbaugh said that the media is "desirous" of seeing Black QBs like Philly's McNabb do well.”
“He learned from another daughter that it was thought that grief had sapped the father's mind, that he imagined he had visions of his dead girl, and that he was above everything desirous of obtaining a satisfactory portrait.”
The Guardian: From the archive, 18 January 1883: The ghost story which 'inspired' Charles Dickens
“Vigdor is trying to change the subject from what Rush actually said: "I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.”
Economic Arguments, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“If you are so unfortunate as to have contracted the low habit of smoking, be careful to practise it under certain restrictions; at least, so long as you are desirous of being considered fit for civilized society.”
“However, those golfers desirous of more variety than just one resort or one country, need look no further than "The World": A luxury ship that is the largest privately-owned yacht on earth.”
“I felt desirous of something fresh—a scent, an item of clothing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘desirous’.
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bendachoo's list
idiosyncracy, inspiring, fluttering, smooth, serendipity, froth, electrified, desirous, captivated, disillusioned, nautical, eclectic and 2 more...
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ravyn's randy words
Words that are as fun to say as do!
amorous, impassioned, infatuated, enamored, desirous, vehement, ecstasy, frenzy, sentiment, relations, coition, audacious and 16 more...
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Miss Sunshine
she's such a joy.
bereaved, bitter, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, downcast and 405 more...
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schinders's Words
persiflage, preterition, quidnunc, finick, termagant, otiose, magniloquent, weltschmerz, schadenfreude, piehole, malevolent, susurrus and 132 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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hannah's Words
perpetuity, portmanteau, scintillate, elucidate, surreptitious, reticulate, cavilling, laudatory, milquetoast, inimitable, schadenfreude, ancillary and 212 more...
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another yet
anneal, copepod, cuckoo, fathead, intone, patter, cabriole, knickknack, boodle, kit, estrange, forebode and 209 more...
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Moods
apathy, cuntificate, quixotic, noxious, fetid, malodorous, trepidation, expectancy, contempt, disgust, terror, fear and 149 more...
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XXY
andrology, erotology, ovology, sexology, eroticization, eroticist, erotogenic, erotomania, erotopath, eonism, amatorial, anisogamy and 13 more...
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Jamey's Words
hitherto, usurp, retrofit, desirous, suicidal, machiavellian, hate, lust, love, cancerous, poetic, pain and 29 more...
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College Reading Words
words i find in my reading at college
empirical, caprice, telos, insofar, bedeviled, nihilism, confound, nomenclature, negate, hegemony, ebb, homophily and 35 more...
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Infectious ones
ridiculous, notorious, eellogofusciouhip..., bootylicious, discourteous, incongruous, ginormous, scurrilous, lascivious, capricious, anomalous, chivalrous and 47 more...
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pshaw's Words
pshaw, worcestershire, ubermensch, ambiance, ittawamba, caveat emptor, functional, double entendre, monad, kumbaya, coprolalia, epicureanism and 31 more...
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The Hippopotamus
You'd be surprised just how many words you find in books...
anile, jessed, veridical, spinney, profligate, fustian, ataractic, suzerainty, watchet, ephebe, sillage, rapprochement and 32 more...
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seanahan One of the greatest quotes of all time. Oct 28, 2007
pshaw "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!" Oct 28, 2007