Definitions for desirous

desirous de·sir·ous

Spelling: [dih-zahyuh r-uh s]
IPA: /dɪˈzaɪər əs/

Desirous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in desirous (deiorssu).

Definitions for desirous

adjective

  1. having or characterized by desire; desiring:

Origin of desirous

First recorded in 1250-1300; Middle English word from Old French word desireus. See desire, -ous

Examples for desirous

But the brick-making did not suit the boy, who was ambitious, and desirous of learning.

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.

And why should he have saddened her by his doubts, since he was so desirous of her cure?

More painful is that a wide swath of the haredi population is ready and desirous for a more complete life.

He's very grateful and desirous to serve me; and I am more than repaid.

He may, indeed, have guessed that those traces were what she was most desirous to hear of.

I enclose the copy of my letter to my sister, which you are desirous to see.

In his case, his friends not only recommended this, but he was desirous himself, of doing it.

She was for the first time afraid of her own reflections, and desirous to fly from herself.

Word Value for desirous
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9

Words with friends

10

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