Antonyms for desirous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-zahyuh r-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪər əs

Definition of desirous

Origin : c.1300, from Anglo-French desirous, Old French desirros (11c., Modern French désireux), from Vulgar Latin *desiderosus, from stem of Latin desiderare (see desire (v.)).

adj aspiring, hopeful

Example sentences :

He's very grateful and desirous to serve me; and I am more than repaid.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

And why should he have saddened her by his doubts, since he was so desirous of her cure?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

In his case, his friends not only recommended this, but he was desirous himself, of doing it.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

But the brick-making did not suit the boy, who was ambitious, and desirous of learning.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

I enclose the copy of my letter to my sister, which you are desirous to see.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

He may, indeed, have guessed that those traces were what she was most desirous to hear of.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens

She was for the first time afraid of her own reflections, and desirous to fly from herself.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

I asked, desirous of learning the opinion of a man who had been silent till then.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

Miss Burney describes her as too desirous of a reputation for charity and devotion.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

He is desirous of purchasing some Leicestershires for his estate in Burgundy.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Synonyms for desirous

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