desirable

Speech parts

1. desirable - Noun

2. desirable - Adjective

3. desirable - Verb

4. desirable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

suitable worthy right good wanted appropriate acceptable attractive profitable beneficial welcome advantageous appealing charming pleasing
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Antonyms

undesirable carrion base frightful unbecoming deathly
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Phrases with the word

highly desirable desirable mail desirable email less desirable desirable behavior in a more desirable position

Anagrams

derisable redisable

Examples

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Plutarch

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. Walter Lippmann

The range of socially permissible and desirable satisfaction is greatly enlarged, but through this satisfaction, the Pleasure Principle is reduced deprived of the claims which are irreconcilable with the established society. Pleasure, thus adjusted, generates submission. Herbert Marcuse

That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion. Neil Kinnock

The most desirable woman is always the one who belongs to someone else. Mexican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Desir desirabilia desirability desirable behavior desirable change desirable development