Desirous

//dəˈzæɹəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.

    "More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or expressing desire for something wordnet

Synonyms

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acquisitiveagogalacritousall agogamativeamatory

Example

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"He is desirous of going abroad."

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous.

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