Thesaurus / desired
FEEDBACK- beloved
- cherished
- favored
- main
- popular
- prized
- treasured
- choice
- darling
- dear
- dearest
- intimate
- personal
- pet
- sweetheart
- admired
- adored
- best-loved
- especial
- esteemed
- liked
- number one
- pleasant
- precious
- revered
- wished-for
- appropriate
- convenient
- decent
- fitting
- good
- legitimate
- useful
- able
- applicable
- apt
- au fait
- becoming
- befitting
- capable
- competent
- felicitous
- fit
- happy
- just
- meet
- qualified
- right
- suited
- true
- advised
- allured
- asked
- begged
- charged
- coaxed
- coerced
- commanded
- exhorted
- forced
- implored
- influenced
- lured
- motivated
- moved
- prompted
- requested
- solicited
- wheedled
- appreciated
- desirable
- gratifying
- pleasant
- pleasing
- refreshing
- satisfying
- accepted
- cherished
- cordial
- esteemed
- good
- honored
- invited
- nice
- wanted
- acceptable
- agreeable
- congenial
- delightful
- favorable
- genial
- grateful
- pleasurable
- sympathetic
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antonyms for desired
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- improper
- inappropriate
- unfitting
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- crass
- crude
- general
- incorrect
- misbehaving
- objectionable
- substandard
- unacceptable
- unconventional
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How to use desired in a sentence
Proposal 1 would change the state’s complex redistricting process to make it easier for the ruling party to pass its desired maps.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2021 ELECTIONSGEOFFREY SKELLEY (GEOFFREY.SKELLEY@ABC.COM)NOVEMBER 1, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe desired result is improved efficiency and allowing people to do higher-value work than paper-pushing, but these bots also could be coming for your job.
THE NEXT TESLASDANIEL MALLOYMARCH 7, 2021OZYHe desired his secretary to go to the devil, but, thinking better of it, he recalled him as he reached the door.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIParticularly was this the case with Davout, who since 1809 had suspected that Berthier desired to ruin his reputation.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONI desired the captain would please to accept this ring in return of his civilities, which he absolutely refused.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTEach one congratulated himself that his special teachings had accomplished this desired end.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThe rest is done by cutting away two upper and four under-teeth, and substituting false ones at the desired angle.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUHe sealed the letter, addressing it to Cannes; called a waiter, late as it was, and desired him to post it.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThey were the very words that she desired to hear from him; yet his manner of uttering them gave her little reassurance.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINISiyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWORDS RELATED TO DESIRED
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