 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
desirous
adjective: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high
office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the
problem" [ant: {undesirous}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Desirous \De*sir"ous\, adjective [F. d['e]sireux, OF. desiros, fr.
desir. See {Desire}, noun]
Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain;
covetous.
Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. --John
xvi. 19.
Be not desirous of his dainties. --Prov. xxiii.
3.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "desirous":
acquisitive, agog, alacritous, all agog, amative, amatory, amorous,
animated, anxious, appetitive, ardent, avid, breathless,
bursting to, desiderative, desireful, desiring, eager, erotic,
forward, full of life, grabby, grasping, greedy, hopeful, hoping,
hormic, impassioned, impatient, itchy, keen, lascivious, libidinal,
libidinous, lickerish, lively, longing, loverlike, loverly,
lustful, needing, optative, panting, passionate, prehensile,
prompt, quick, raring to, ready, ready and willing, sexual,
spirited, tempted, vital, vivacious, vivid, wanting, wishful,
wishing, yearning, zestful
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