Meanings
comparative more desirous · superlative most desirous
- 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.
2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 20201 more example
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 at London, July 14, 1925; ratifications exchanged. March 30, 1926”, in The American Journal of International Law, volume 22, number 1, published 1928, pages 12–13Synonyms: solicitous, covetous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFeeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving or expressing desire for something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchdesirrous
- Englishdesirous
From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan desitjós
- desitjósfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
French désireux, désirant
- désireuxfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- désirantfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
Hindi इच्छुक
- इच्छुक (icchuk)feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
Irish áilíosach, dúilmhear
- áilíosachfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- dúilmhearfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- fonnmharfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- geallmharfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- miangasachfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- mianúilfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
Māori korotū
- korotūfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
Persian مشتاق
- مشتاق (moštâq)feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
Scottish Gaelic togarrach
- togarrachfeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
Spanish deseoso, turnio
- deseosofeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
- turniofeeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain
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Cite this entry
desirous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desirous
“desirous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desirous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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