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Desiderative
(grammar) A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
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noun
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(grammar) A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
adjective
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Having or indicating wish or desire.
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(grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Desiderative"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| wantish | Suggesting or pertaining to wants or desires; desirous. |
| yearnsome | Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous. |
| wistful | Full of longing or yearning. |
| appetent | (archaic) Eagerly desirous; greedy. |
| lickerishnoun | Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. |
| thirsty | Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water. |
| prurient | Arousing or appealing to sexual desire. |
| liquorousnoun | (obsolete) Eagerly desirous. |
| whistful | Alternative form of wistful. [Full of longing or yearning.] |
| itchy | Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part) |
| yearnful | Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing. |
| suckly | (rare, nonstandard) Tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to suck. |
| suggestive | Tending to suggest or imply. |
| delicate | Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. |
| needy | In need; poor. |
| temptatious | (archaic) tempting; inciting desire. |
| wontish | Of or suggestive of a wont; customary; usual; habitual. |
| concupisciblenoun | (theology) Relating to the concupiscible passions |
| hungerly | (obsolete) Hungrily. |
| notioned | (in combination) Having ideas or notions of the specified kind. |
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