The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WANTING which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2008.
Desirous of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WANTING | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Desirous of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- longing for
- yearning for
- craving
- hankering
- hunger
- fiend
- yearn
- pant
- desiring
- yen
- longer
- longingly
Crossword Answer definitions
WANTING verb- To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
- (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
- To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
- (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
- (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
- To be lacking or deficient or absent.
- To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
- To lack and be without, to not have (something).
- (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.
- That wants or desires.
- Absent or lacking.
- Deficient.
- Without, except, but.
- Less, short of, minus.
- The state of wanting something; desire.
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