- Types Of Speech
- You can use desirous as a article in a sentence.
- About Desirous
- A 3 syllables article and 8 letters with the letters d, e, i, o, r, s, and u, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters ir. Desirous starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, des, desi, desir, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, rous, irous, ..
- Definition
- Having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Desirous is set as a grade eight word that starts with d, ends with s, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Desirous in Pig Latin is said as "esirousday or esirousdway".
- Unigram
- d | e | s | i | r | o | u | s
- Bigram
- de | es | si | ir | ro | ou | us
- Trigram
- des | esi | sir | iro | rou | ous
- Quadrigram
- desi | esir | siro | irou | rous
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas "an acquisitive mind" "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
Aegir | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
Agog | highly excited |
Alacritous | quick and eager "an alacritous response to the invitation" |
Alive | having life or vigor or spirit "an animated and expressive face" "animated conversation" "became very animated when he heard the good news" |
All Agog | |
Amative | inclined toward or displaying love "feeling amorous" |
Amatory | |
Amorous | inclined toward or displaying love "feeling amorous" |
Animated | having life or vigor or spirit "an animated and expressive face" "animated conversation" "became very animated when he heard the good news" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Desirous
Antonym | Definition |
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Undesiring | having or feeling no desire "a very private man, totally undesirous of public office" |
Undesirous | having or feeling no desire "a very private man, totally undesirous of public office" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Desirous | having or expressing desire for something "desirous of high office" "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem" |
View English words with the unique letters used in desirous. Words With The Letters Deiorsu
Similar Word | Definition |
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Appetent | marked by eager desire; "a big rich appetent Western city" |
Athirstp | n/a |
Avid | marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver" |
Covetous | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor''s fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greed |
Devouringa | n/a |
Envious | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another''s advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" |
Esurient | devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" |
Greedy | wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don''t be greedy with the cookies" |
Hungryp | n/a |
Jealous | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another''s advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" |
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Desirous Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With S
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