Desirable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Desirable \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.
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           All of them desirable young men.         --Ezek. xxiii.
                                                    12.
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           As things desirable excite
           Desire, and objects move the appetite.   --Blackmore.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  desirable
       adj 1: worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job";
              "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable
              outcome" [ant: {undesirable}]
       2: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents
          found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: {suitable}, {worthy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "desirable":
     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, pleasure-giving,
     pleasureful, 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