desiring

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈzaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: de‧sir‧ing

Verb

desiring

  1. present participle and gerund of desire

Derived terms

Noun

desiring (plural desirings)

  1. A yearning for; a want.
    • c. 1850-1869', Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn"
      Hath the inhumated
      Upward aspiring,
      Hath he consummated
      All his desiring?

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