Meanings
plural desirabilities
- countableuncountableThe state of being desirable.
Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber^([sic]) have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.
2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024Synonyms: appetibility
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being desirable.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being worthy of desiring
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Morphologically desirable + -ity and desire + -ability.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch wenselijkheid
- wenselijkheidstate of being desirable
Finnish haluttavuus
- haluttavuusstate of being desirable
French désirabilité
- désirabilitéstate of being desirable
Malay kebolehinginan
- kebolehinginanstate of being desirable
Cite this entry
desirability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desirability
“desirability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desirability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desirability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desirability.
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