Desirable
[dɪ'zaɪərəb(ə)l] or [dɪ'zaɪərəbl]
Definition
(adj.) worth having or seeking or achieving; 'a desirable job'; 'computer with many desirable features'; 'a desirable outcome' .
(adj.) worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; 'the parents found the girl suitable for their son' .
Editor: Luke--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
Checked by Elaine
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Eligible, enviable, to be desired.
Inputed by Barnard
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Expedient, advisable, valuable, acceptable, proper, judicious, beneficial,profitable, good, enviable, delightful
ANT:Undesirable, unadvisable, inexpedient, objectionable, improper, injudicious,unprofitable, evil
Editor: Lyle
Examples
- All these desirable results have been accomplished whenever the new inventions of importance have been used. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And yet it was a most desirable match for Janet at the time. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Society has claims on us all; and I profess myself one of those who consider intervals of recreation and amusement as desirable for everybody. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The convertible rails, however, because of their rigidity, are more desirable than the convertible cushions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A very desirable connection on both sides, and I have not a doubt of its taking place in time. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- During the progress of the ore-milling work at Edison, it became desirable to carry on a certain operation by some special machinery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This desirable property is in Chancery, of course. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- All this Mr. Kipling represents as a most desirable state of affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not desirable that you should start this expedition until the one leaving Vicksburg has been three or four days out, or even a week. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The harmless nature of sulphurous acid makes it very desirable as a bleaching agent, especially in the home. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Your old October was only desirable while forbidden. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Pickwick, with his usual foresight and sagacity, had chosen a peculiarly desirable moment for his visit to the borough. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Many people think deep, lumpy stones are most desirable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Secrecy could not have been more desirable for Mrs. Rushworth's credit than he felt it for his own. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- So near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable even to _his_ easy temper, or _her_ affectionate heart. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mr. Crawford's steadiness was honoured, and Fanny was praised, and the connexion was still the most desirable in the world. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A complete change of life became desirable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But it is desirable at times to measure a current in units. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The position was central and occasionally desirable. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These parties were acceptable to all; to avoid a family circle was even more desirable to such as did think, than such as did not. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is often desirable to utilize the electric current for the production of heat. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I think it desirable for him to know nothing more than that he must not overwork himself, and must observe certain rules. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So powerful is use, and so desirable to be good use in the beginning. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then am I so much less desirable than Canler? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- What is both possible and desirable is that every group interest should be represented in public life--that it should have spokesmen and influence in public affairs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is a purely accidental ingredient, and one not at all desirable. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Before I went in I thought it desirable to make her understand that her attendance had ceased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One thing most desirable in connection with practically all of the lamp-socket appliances described and illustrated in this section is the very small cost of operation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The mind wanders from the nominal subject and devotes itself to what is intrinsically more desirable. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And who but Mr. Knightley could know and bear with Mr. Woodhouse, so as to make such an arrangement desirable! Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Lyle