Desiderates

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To state or express a keen desire or requirement for something
2. To articulate or indicate a need or wish for a particular thing
3. To formally or warmly convey a want or longing for something desired

Etymology: "Desiderates" is the third-person singular present form of "desiderate," so it simply means "wants something badly" when it describes a person or thing doing the wanting. The verb comes from Latin "dēsīderāre," meaning "to desire," and it is a doublet of the English word "desire," which means the two entered English along different routes from the same Latin source. Desire arrived through Old French, where it had softened into a familiar everyday word, while desiderate was taken straight from the Latin verb. That is why the two look so similar yet feel so different: "desire" has worn smooth from long use, while "desiderate" keeps the sharper, more formal outline of its classical ancestor.

Synonyms: wants, desires, longs for, craves, yearns for

Antonyms: rejects, disdains, abjures, spurns, dislikes