desirous
/dɪˈzaɪəɹəs/
desirous adjective: feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
Adjective
desirous (comparative more desirous, superlative most desirous)
- Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
- His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of Siam, being desirous of maintaining and strengthening the relations of friendship which happily exist between them […]1925 July 14, “Treaty between the United Kingdom and Siam for the revision of their mutual treaty arrangements and protocol concerning jurisdiction applicable in Siam to British subjects, etc; signed...
- 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.2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020
- Synonyms:
- solicitous, covetous
desirous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
desirous in Hindi
- feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- इच्छुक icchuk
desirous in Tamil
- விருப்பம் உள்ள
desirous in Urdu
- خواہاں, متمنی, راغب, شائق
desirous in Telugu
- desirous, thus: కీర్తికాముడు desirous of glory
- కాముడు kāmuḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- desirous in Malayalam
- ആവശ്യപ്പെടുന്ന, മോഹമുളള, വാഞ്ഛയുളള, ആഗ്രഹമുള്ള
- desirous in Punjabi
- ਹਿਰਸੀ hirsī
- desirous in Sanskrit
- वष्टि vaṣṭi, गृध्र gṛdhra
- desirous in Persian
- مشتاق moštâq
Synonyms of desirous
Forms of desirous
| comparative | more desirous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most desirous |
Origin of desirous
From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous.
Words formed from desirous
Questions about desirous
- What does desirous mean?
- Desirous means feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
- What is desirous in Hindi?
- Desirous in Hindi is इच्छुक (icchuk). See Desirous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is desirous?
- Desirous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce desirous?
- Desirous is pronounced /dɪˈzaɪəɹəs/ (UK).
Words near desirous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: desirous (page history and authors); desirous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); desirous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కాముడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); desirous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਹਿਰਸੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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