Synonyms for desired
de·sired

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1. coveted, desired, in demand(p), sought afteradjective

   greatly desired

   Antonyms:
   undesirable, unwanted

2. craved, desiredadjective

   wanted intensely

   "the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies"; "it produced the desired effect"

   Synonyms:
   craved, coveted, in demand(p), sought after

   Antonyms:
   undesirable, unwanted

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1. List of paraphrases for "desired":

   désiré, wished, expected, désirée, wanted, liked, intended, sought, hoped, desirable, anticipated

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1. Jens David Ohlin:

   It's uncharted legal terrain, if the framers of the Constitution desired a president who was completely immune from all forms of criminal prosecution, they would have said so.

2. Oliver Cromwell:

   He [Oliver Cromwell] in a furious manner, bid the Speaker leave his chair; told the house That they had sat long enough, unless they had done more good; and that it was not fit they should sit as a parliament any longer, and desired them to go away.

3. Vikas Swarup:

   India has always desired resolution of all issues with Pakistan bilaterally through dialogue and peaceful means, it is Pakistan who has chosen to use terrorism as an instrument of state policy. And this visit shows that the international community is deeply concerned about its support to, and sponsorship of, terrorism.

4. Heidi Jo Newberg:

   This idea brings down the size and the weight of what you have to send up into space to get the desired high resolution of a telescope like Webb, what we’re trying to do is exploit this out-of-the-box design to make it possible to find Earth-like planets.

5. Michel Cadot:

   To take on this heavy responsibility that is Euro 2016, we needed extra resources. The minister gave them to me. So from this point of view I got the desired response.