desirous
Origin of desirous
Related Words for desirous
wishful, acquisitive, ambitious, amorous, anxious, avid, covetous, craving, desiring, eager, enthusiastic, grasping, greedy, hot, itchy, keen, longing, lustful, passionate, readyExamples from the Web for desirous
Contemporary Examples of desirous
More painful is that a wide swath of the haredi population is ready and desirous for a more complete life.
Her prior experience as a Wall Street whistle-blower had not left her desirous of more tumultuous press attention.
This makes you, at turns, desirous of luxury and monkish asceticism, as you strike a balance between the two.
Historical Examples of desirous
He's very grateful and desirous to serve me; and I am more than repaid.
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
And why should he have saddened her by his doubts, since he was so desirous of her cure?
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
In his case, his friends not only recommended this, but he was desirous himself, of doing it.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
But the brick-making did not suit the boy, who was ambitious, and desirous of learning.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
I enclose the copy of my letter to my sister, which you are desirous to see.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
desirous
- (usually postpositive and foll by of) having or expressing desire (for); having a wish or longing (for)
Word Origin and History for desirous
c.1300, from Anglo-French desirous, Old French desirros (11c., Modern French désireux), from Vulgar Latin *desiderosus, from stem of Latin desiderare (see desire (v.)).