Meaning of DESIRABLE
Pronunciation: | | di'zIrubul
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- [adj] worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome"
- [adj] worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"
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| Synonyms: | | advantageous, coveted, delectable, desired, eligible, enviable, in demand(p), plummy, preferable, preferred, sexually attractive, sought after, suitable, worthy |
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| Antonyms: | | undesirable | |
| See Also: | | lovable, loveable, wanted | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \De*sir"a*ble\, a. [F. d['e]sirable, fr. L.
desiderabilis. See {Desire}, v. t.]
Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a
wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
All of them desirable young men. --Ezek. xxiii.
12.
As things desirable excite Desire, and objects move the
appetite. --Blackmore.
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| Related Terms: | | acceptable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advantageous, advisable, affable, agreeable, alluring, amiable, amicable, appetizing, appropriate, attractive, becoming, befitting, beneficial, blissful, captivating, cheerful, choice, commendable, compatible, complaisant, congenial, congruous, convenient, cordial, coveted, decent, desired, dulcet, eligible, en rapport, enfranchised, enjoyable, enviable, estimable, excellent, exciting, expedient, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, feasible, felicific, felicitous, fetching, fine, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fructuous, genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, happy, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, likable, likely, longed-for, lovable, meet, mellifluous, mellow, mouth-watering, nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, pleasure-giving, politic, profitable, proper, provocative, qualified, recommendable, rewarding, right, satisfying, seasonable, seductive, seemly, sortable, suitable, superb, superior, sweet, taking, tantalizing, tempting, timely, to be desired, toothsome, unobjectionable, useful, valuable, wanted, welcome, well-timed, winning, winsome, wise, with voice, with vote, worth having, worthwhile, worthy |
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