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Synonyms for desirous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-zahyuh r-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪər əs |
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Définition 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
- 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
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