desiring

Meaning of desiring

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. strongly wish for or want (something).
    he never achieved the status he so desired

Middle English: from Old French desir (noun), desirer (verb), from Latin desiderare (see desiderate).

Information about desiring

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of desiring

de-sir-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • desiring is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

desiring synonyms

Meaning have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for:

want, wanted

Meaning feel a powerful desire for (something):

crave, craved

Meaning yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another):

covet

Meaning feel a desire or liking for:

fancy

Meaning officially compulsory, or otherwise considered essential; indispensable:

required

Meaning needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential:

necessary

Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:

proper

Meaning restore to a normal or upright position:

right

Meaning put right (an error or fault):

correct

Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:

appropriate

Meaning a small part on or attached to a piece of furniture or equipment:

fitting

Meaning right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation:

suitable

Meaning like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose:

preferred

Meaning past participle of choose:

chosen

Meaning carefully choose as being the best or most suitable:

selected

Meaning regarded as likely; anticipated:

expected

Meaning require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable:

needed

Meaning greatly desired or envied:

coveted

desiring antonyms

Meaning not or no longer desired:

unwanted

Anagrams of desiring

residing, ringside

Words that rhyme with desiring

Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing

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