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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acquisitive, agog, alacritous, all agog, amative, amatory, amorous, animated, anxious, appetitive, ardent, avid, breathless, bursting to, desiderative, desireful, desiring, eager, erotic, forward, full of life, grabby, grasping, greedy, hopeful, hoping, hormic, impassioned, impatient, itchy, keen, lascivious, libidinal, libidinous, lickerish, lively, longing, loverlike, loverly, lustful, needing, optative, panting, passionate, prehensile, prompt, quick, raring to, ready, ready and willing, sexual, spirited, tempted, vital, vivacious, vivid, wanting, wishful, wishing, yearning, zestful
Dictionary Results for desirous:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
desirous
    adj 1: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of
           high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to
           the problem" [syn: desirous, wishful] [ant:
           undesiring, undesirous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Desirous \De*sir"ous\, a. [F. d['e]sireux, OF. desiros, fr.
   desir. See Desire, n.]
   Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain;
   covetous.
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         Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. --John
                                                  xvi. 19.
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         Be not desirous of his dainties.         --Prov. xxiii.
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