Antonyms for de-siring
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : dih-zahyuhr |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪər |
- abandon
- abjure
- abstain
- aid
- anger
- annoy
- answer
- apathetic
- averse to
- avoid
- be confident
- be content
- be happy
- be unwilling
- build
- calm
- comfortable
- conceal
- confident
- content
- cool
- decrease
- delight
- deny
- depress
- despair
- despise
- develop
- disallow
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- discontinue
- disgrace
- disinclined
- disinterested
- dislike
- dispassionate
- displease
- disregard
- distrust
- disturb
- do not want
- dodge
- doubt
- drop
- eschew
- extinguish
- fear
- flourish
- forsake
- fulfilled
- full
- give
- give up
- grow
- hate
- have
- help
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- indifferent
- insert
- keep
- kind
- know
- leave alone
- lessen
- listen
- lose
- lower
- neglect
- not care
- not want
- not worry
- offer
- oppose
- pass
- peaceful
- pleased
- put out
- quench
- receive
- refuse
- reject
- reluctant
- reply
- repudiate
- repulse
- retreat
- rise
- run away
- satiable
- satisfied
- shun
- smother
- spurn
- stifle
- stop
- strengthen
- subdue
- unambitious
- unconcerned
- undesiring
- uneager
- unenthusiastic
- unenvious
- unhopeful
- unwilling
- upset
- wet
- withhold
- worry
Definition of de-siring
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French desirrer (12c.) "wish, desire, long for," from Latin desiderare "long for, wish for; demand, expect," original sense perhaps "await what the stars will bring," from the phrase de sidere "from the stars," from sidus (genitive sideris) "heavenly body, star, constellation" (but see consider). Related: Desired; desiring.
- As in insatiable : adj voracious, wanting
- As in lovesick : adj longing
- As in wishful : adj desirous
- As in desiring : adj yearning
- As in tempted : adj desirous
- As in wishing : adj hoping
- As in athirst : adj eager
- As in thirsting : adj eager
- As in desirous : adj aspiring, hopeful
- As in eager : adj anxious, enthusiastic
- As in envious : adj jealous, resentful
- As in horny : adj sexually aroused
- As in languish : verb droop; become dull, listless
- As in like : verb choose, feel inclined
- As in mean : verb have in mind; intend
- As in miss : verb want; feel a loss
- As in aspire : verb aim, hope
- As in need : verb want something
- As in pant : verb long for
- As in pine : verb long for
- As in please : verb will, elect to do
- As in prefer : verb favor; single out
- As in pursue : verb have as one's goal
- As in request : verb ask for
- As in require : verb need, want
- As in solicit : verb plead for; try to sell
- As in supplicate : verb ask for, pray for
- As in beg : verb request
- As in will : verb choose
- As in bid : verb ask for; command
- As in burn : verb be excited about; yearn for
- As in care : verb regard highly
- As in choose : verb pick, select
- As in desire : verb want, long for
- As in desire : verb ask, request
- As in envy : verb be jealous of another
- As in fall for : verb become infatuated with
- As in fancy : verb love, desire
- As in hope : verb long for, dream about
Synonyms for de-siring
- abjure
- accept
- accost
- ache
- acquisitive
- adopt
- advance
- advocate
- aggrandize
- agog
- agonize
- aim
- aim for
- allured
- ambitious
- amorous
- anticipate
- antsy
- anxious
- appeal
- appetent
- apply
- apply to
- appoint
- approach
- approve
- ardent
- ask
- aspire
- aspire to
- aspiring
- assume
- athirst
- attempt
- avid
- await
- be ambitious
- be angry
- be aroused
- be attracted to
- be captivated by
- be crazy about
- be deficient
- be deprived
- be disregarded
- be down and out
- be eager
- be enamored of
- be envious
- be fond of
- be hard up
- be in love with
- be in need of
- be in want
- be inadequate
- be inclined
- be inflamed
- be needy
- be neglected
- be partial to
- be passionate
- be poor
- be short
- be smitten
- be stirred up
- be sure of
- be turned on by
- be turned on to
- be without
- beg
- begrudge
- begrudging
- believe
- bent on
- beseech
- besiege
- bespeak
- blaze
- boil
- breathe fire
- breathless
- bristle
- brood
- bum
- bursting
- cadge
- call
- call for
- call to
- canvass
- care for
- care to
- carry a torch
- cast
- challenge
- champing at the bit
- charge
- charmed
- cherish
- choose
- claim
- clamorous
- co-opt
- come on to
- command
- commit oneself
- concupiscent
- conjure
- conk out
- contemplate
- cotton to
- count on
- covet
- coveting
- covetous
- crave
- craving
- crazy about
- crying
- cull
- daydreaming
- decide on
- decline
- deem likely
- demand
- demanding
- depend on
- depend upon
- desiderate
- design
- designate
- desire
- desiring
- desirous
- despond
- destine
- deteriorate
- determine
- die for
- die on vine
- die over
- direct
- discriminate between
- distrustful
- do without
- draw lots
- dream
- dream of
- drive for
- drum
- drum up
- dwindle
- dying to
- eager
- earnest
- eat one's heart out
- eat up
- ebb
- elect
- elevate
- embrace
- endorse
- enjoin
- enjoy
- enthusiastic
- enticed
- entreat
- espouse
- exact
- excerpt
- excited
- exigent
- expect
- extract
- fade
- fag
- fag out
- fail
- fain
- faint
- fall for
- fall in love with
- fancy
- fate
- favor
- feel a dearth of
- feel confident
- feel disposed
- feel disposed to
- feel like
- feel necessity for
- feel the necessity for
- feel the pinch
- fervent
- fervid
- find congenial
- finger
- fit
- fix on
- fix upon
- fizzle out
- flag
- flip over
- foresee
- fret
- fume
- give eyeteeth for
- glean
- gluttonous
- go
- go for
- go head over heels
- go hungry
- go in for
- go out for
- go soft
- go to pieces
- grasping
- greedy
- green with envy
- green-eyed
- grieve
- grudge
- grudging
- gung ho
- hang in
- hanker
- hanker after
- hankering
- hard up
- have a go at
- have a mind to
- have a preference for
- have eyes for
- have faith
- have hard feelings
- have need
- have occasion for
- have occasion to
- have the hots for
- have use for
- hawk
- heated
- hit
- hit on
- hit up
- hit up for
- hold
- hold dear
- hold out for
- hopeful
- hot
- hot to trot
- hunger
- hunger for
- hungry
- hurt for
- hurting for
- hustle
- impatient
- impetrate
- implore
- importunate
- importune
- incline
- incline toward
- inclined
- infatuated
- inquire
- insatiate
- insistent
- instruct
- intemperate
- intent
- invidious
- invite
- invoke
- itchy
- jaundiced
- judge
- keen
- keep fingers crossed
- knock on wood
- knock out
- lack
- languish for
- languishing
- lascivious
- libidinous
- like
- like better
- long
- long for
- longful
- longing
- longing for
- look at sunny side
- look forward to
- lose one's head over
- love
- lovelorn
- lust
- lust after
- lustful
- mad for
- make
- make a pass at
- make a pitch
- make a play for
- make advances to
- make choice
- make decision
- make up one's mind
- malicious
- mark
- match
- miss
- mooch
- mope
- mourn
- nag
- name
- necessitate
- need
- needing
- object to
- obsecrate
- obtest
- opt
- opt for
- optate
- order
- oversexed
- panhandle
- partial to
- pass the hat
- passionate
- peddle
- petition
- pick
- pine
- pining
- place
- plan
- plead
- please
- pose
- postulate
- pray
- predestine
- prefer
- prehensile
- preordain
- present
- press
- pressing
- presume
- prize
- promise oneself
- promote
- propone
- propose
- proposition
- propound
- purpose
- pursue
- put
- put forward
- put in for
- quenchless
- query
- question
- rage
- raise
- randy
- rapacious
- rarin' to go
- raring
- ravenous
- ready
- ready and willing
- refer
- relish
- rely
- repine
- request
- require
- requisition
- resent
- resolve
- resort
- respect
- restive
- restless
- rot
- sanction
- seduce
- seduced
- see fit
- seek
- seethe
- select
- self-starting
- separate
- set aside
- set heart on
- set one's heart on
- set out
- settle upon
- sicken
- sift out
- sigh
- simmer
- single out
- slot
- smoulder
- snivel
- solicit
- solicitous
- sorrow
- sort
- spiteful
- spoil for
- sponge
- stand in need
- steer
- stimulated
- strive
- strive for
- struggle
- succumb
- sue
- sue for
- suffer
- suffer privation
- suggest
- suit
- summon
- supplicate
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- suspicious
- sweat
- sweat it
- sweat it out
- sweet on
- tab
- tag
- take
- take a liking to
- take a shine to
- take heart
- take to
- take up
- tap
- tell
- think to
- thirst
- thirst for
- thirsting
- thirsty
- tingle
- touch
- tout
- trust
- try
- try for
- tucker
- turn
- turn green
- turned on
- umbrageous
- unappeasable
- unquenchable
- unsatisfiable
- unsatisfied
- upgrade
- urge
- urgent
- vehement
- voracious
- want
- wanting
- warmblooded
- warn
- waste
- waste away
- watch for
- watchful
- weaken
- weigh
- whistle for
- wild
- wild for
- will
- willing
- wilt
- winnow
- wish
- wish for
- wishful
- wishing
- wither
- woo
- work for
- work toward
- worry
- would rather
- would sooner
- yearn
- yearn for
- yearning
- yen for
- zealous
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