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What is another word for desirous to?

Pronunciation: [dɪzˈa͡ɪ͡əɹəs tuː] (IPA)

Desirous to is an expression that conveys a sense of eagerness or longing for something. There are multiple synonyms for this phrase, including keen to, yearning for, hankering after, craving, aspiring to, and coveting. To be keen to means to be enthusiastic, eager, or interested in something. Yearning for implies a deep and intense desire, while hankering after suggests a strong yearning or craving for something specific. Craving means to strongly desire something, typically food or drink. Aspiring to typically refers to reaching for a goal or ambition. Coveting denotes an envious desire for something that someone else has.
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  • That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.
    Nassau William Senior
  • Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze.
    George Vancouver
  • I had a heavy heart and an ugly head, a kind of impostume in my head, which I was very desirous to be unladen of.
    Robert Burton
  • I warmly second the advice of the wisest of men—"Don't be ambitious; don't be at all too desirous to success; be loyal and modest." Cut down the proud towering thoughts that you get into you, or see they be pure as well as high. There is a nobler ambition than the gaining of all California would be, or the getting of all the suffrages that are on the planet just now.
    Thomas Carlyle

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