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- Dictionarydesirability/dɪˌzʌɪərəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
- 1. the quality of being desirable: "we agree on the desirability of a negotiated settlement" Similar Opposite
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DESIRABILITY definition: 1. the quality of being sexually attractive: 2. the quality of being worth having: 3. the quality…. Learn more.
The meaning of DESIRABILITY is desirable conditions. How to use desirability in a sentence. desirable conditions; the quality, fact, or degree of being desirable…
the quality of causing other people to feel sexual desire; the extent to which somebody has this quality. Her indifference to him was all part of her desirability. See desirability in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Check pronunciation: desirability.
Definitions of desirability. noun. the quality of being worthy of desiring. synonyms: desirableness. see more. noun. attractiveness to the opposite sex. synonyms: desirableness, oomph, sex appeal. see more.
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.
Synonyms for DESIRABILITY: feasibility, advisability, desirableness, expediency, expedience, judiciousness, advantageousness, usefulness; Antonyms of DESIRABILITY: imprudence, unwisdom, inadvisability, inexpediency, impracticality, infeasibility, injudiciousness, inexpedience
noun. The state of being desirable. Wiktionary. Synonyms: oomph. desirableness. sex-appeal. usefulness. advantage. worth. Antonyms: undesirability. Other Word Forms of Desirability. Noun. Singular: desirability. Plural: desirabilities. Desirability Sentence Examples.
worth having and wanted by most people: Reducing class sizes in schools is a desirable aim. highly desirable It's regarded as a highly desirable job. The house is in a very desirable area of the city. Fewer examples. This underdeveloped area is much less desirable to investors than one of the major centres.
having pleasing qualities or properties : attractive; worth seeking or doing as advantageous, beneficial, or wise : advisable… See the full definition
The earliest known use of the noun desirability is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for desirability is from 1661, in a translation by John Sparrow, translator and lawyer. desirability is formed within English, by derivation.
