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Desirableness

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de·sir·a·ble  (d-zr-bl)
adj.
1. Worth having or seeking, as by being useful, advantageous, or pleasing: a desirable job in the film industry; a home computer with many desirable features.
2. Worth doing or achieving; advisable: a desirable reform; a desirable outcome.
3. Arousing desire, especially sexual desire.
n.
A desirable person or thing.
de·sira·bili·ty, de·sira·ble·ness n.
de·sira·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.desirableness - the quality of being worthy of desiring
desirability
goodness, good - that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
2.desirableness - attractiveness to the opposite sex
oomph, sex appeal, desirability
attractiveness - sexual allure
sultriness - the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire; "the sultriness of her look was unmistakable"; "the sultriness of lust was in the air"


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The harpooner suggested the eminent desirableness of a drink, and Scotty searched his pockets for dimes and nickels.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
She deliberately demonstrated that she was desirable to other men, as he involuntarily demonstrated his own desirableness to the women.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
Harriet expressed herself very much as might be supposed, without reproaches, or apparent sense of illusage; and yet Emma fancied there was a something of resentment, a something bordering on it in her style, which increased the desirableness of their being separate.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
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