desirous
Meaning of desirous
- having or characterized by desire.
the Pope was desirous of peace in Europe
Middle English: from Old French desireus, based on Latin desiderare ‘to desire’ (see desiderate).
Information about desirous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of desirous
de-sirous
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- desirous is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
desirous synonyms
Meaning wishful:
Meaning strongly wish for or want (something):
Meaning having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else:
Meaning feeling or showing envy:
Translation of desirous
- French: désireux
- Spanish: deseoso
- German: begehrlich
Anagrams of desirous
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