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Antonyms for desired
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-zahyuh rd |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪərd |
Definition of desired
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French desir, from desirer (see desire (v.)); sense of "lust" is first recorded mid-14c.
- verb want, long for
- verb ask, request
- She awoke Milza, and desired that the household might be summoned.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Her Percival courted with results that left nothing to be desired.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The daughter of Pharaoh saw the youth and desired him for her husband.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- He was ill, and he desired to speak with his still beloved minister.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I desired her to give it into her own hand, when nobody was by.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I have desired him to inquire after Lovelace's life and conversation in town.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- They have desired, that I may be consigned over entirely to their management.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He had another colored man with him, and desired to go right away.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- If toast is used, it should merely be cut in the desired shape.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- They may then be cut up as desired for the recipe to be prepared.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Synonyms for desired
- aim
- aspire to
- be smitten
- be turned on by
- beg
- bespeak
- choose
- cotton to
- covet
- crave
- desiderate
- die over
- enjoy
- entreat
- fall for
- fancy
- give eyeteeth for
- go for
- hanker after
- have eyes for
- have the hots for
- hunger for
- importune
- like
- lust after
- make advances to
- partial to
- petition
- pine
- seek
- set heart on
- solicit
- spoil for
- sweet on
- take a liking to
- take a shine to
- take to
- thirst
- wish for
- yearn for
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