Desired - English meaning

Desired – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Strongly wished for or intended.
Usage examples:
The bribe had its desired effect

verb
Strongly wish for or want (something).
Usage examples:
He never achieved the status he so desired
Synonims:
Wish for Want Long for Yearn for Crave Set one's heart on Hanker after/for Pine for/after Thirst for Itch for Be desperate for Be bent on Have a need for Covet Aspire to Have a fancy for Fanc

adjective
Wanted
Usage examples:
He dressed carefully, hoping to achieve the desired effect.

Desired translation into English

Desired: translate from English into Chinese

想要的

Desired: translate from English into Dutch

Gewenst

Desired: translate from English into French

Voulu

Desired: translate from English into German

Gewünscht, Erwünscht

Desired: translate from English into Hindi

इच्छित, वांछित, अभिलषित, अभीष्ट

Desired: translate from English into Italian

Desiderato

Desired: translate from English into Korean

원하는

Desired: translate from English into Russian

Желанный, Вожделенный

Desired: translate from English into Spanish

Deseado

Word origin

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

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Desired – similar words

desire

noun
A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
Usage examples:
He resisted public desires for choice in education

verb
Strongly wish for or want (something).
Usage examples:
He never achieved the status he so desired

noun
A strong feeling of wanting something, or something you want
Usage examples:
[ u ] he claims to have no desire for wealth., [ c ] she expressed a desire to speak with her attor…

Desire - all meanings in English

desirably

adverb
In a way that is attractive or wanted by most people
Usage examples:
Tuna with a desirably high fat content, at 35 i no longer felt desirably young.

Desirably - all meanings in English

desirable

adjective
Wished for as being an attractive, useful, or necessary course of action.
Usage examples:
It is desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten

noun
A desirable person or thing.
Usage examples:
The store sells various desirables

adjective
Worth wanting or having
Usage examples:
Good pay and interesting work make this a very desirable job., the new store is in a highly desirab…

Desirable - all meanings in English

desirability

noun
The quality of being desirable.
Usage examples:
We agree on the desirability of a negotiated settlement

noun
The quality of being sexually attractive
Usage examples:
She was aware of her desirability., too much emphasis is placed on the desirability of being thin.

Desirability - all meanings in English

Desired synonims

covet

verb
Yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another).
Usage examples:
I covet one of their smart bags

noun
Wish, long, or crave for

verb
To want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else
Usage examples:
She always coveted power but never quite achieved it., the booker prize is the most coveted british…

Covet - all meanings in English

crave

verb
Feel a powerful desire for (something).
Usage examples:
If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

verb
To desire something strongly
Usage examples:
The neglected kids just crave attention.

Crave - all meanings in English

want

verb
Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
Usage examples:
I want an apple

noun
A lack or deficiency of something.
Usage examples:
Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Want - all meanings in English

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