DESIDERATING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

desiderating

verb

present participle of desiderate

as in craving

to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve

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But Odysseus, craving road trip tunes after accidentally dropping his mix CDs into Charybdis, must hear their song.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
That’s no longer what, a few years ago, might have been described as a cautious approach, not when audiences are making out-of-nowhere titles like Obsession and Backrooms into buzzy hits and craving something new.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of craving

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That might have caused something of a revolt among American NFL fans wanting to drive down the road to their local team's stadium and enjoy America's game – in America.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
On face value, wanting to represent Sieler makes a ton of sense.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of wanting

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Everyone was chatting and enjoying the beautiful weather, Spiro, a 36-year-old rabbi at Hill Havurah congregation in Washington, recalled.

— Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
The riots comes at a time when France has been enjoying a surge in international production activity, particularly in the South of France.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of enjoying

Verb

But, like a libertine desiring undiscovered pleasures, his appetite for new sensations only seemed to grow with time.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Simply desiring to change the United States’ habit of waging war has not been enough to change it.

— Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026

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