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desireless

desireless

1 7.4
Not wanting anything
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈzaɪərləs/
translation icon : sin deseos
  • When you are desireless, you can appreciate the beauty of life without longing for anything more.

Examples

  • Carlyle did struggle to achieve the sort of desireless certainty of ego that Descartes discovered through entirely abstract speculation; but he could only do so, to his satisfaction, through narrative, through relentless historical and metaphorical embodiment.

    Academic text (1997)

  • A truly desireless person finds peace in the present moment, free from the burdens of wanting.

  • Being desireless allows you to enjoy what you have without feeling the need for more.

Synonyms

contented
vsdesireless
7 2.0

Feeling happy and satisfied with what you have

is an absolute lack of wanting anything rather than mere satisfaction
undesirous
vsdesireless
9.1

Not wanting something or feeling no wish for it

means the same thing showing no difference in sense or use
undesiring
vsdesireless
7.7

Not wanting something or feeling no wish for it

means the same thing showing no difference in meaning or use

Antonyms

desirous
9 7.2

Wanting something very much

How Desirous

greedy
256 1.4
eager
447 1.0
desirous
9 7.2
apathetic
24 6.8
indifferent
46 4.4
desireless
1 7.4

Surface Forms

desireless positive

Morphology

desireless = desire (transparent) = desire + less

Clear and regular formation from the noun 'desire' with the productive English suffix '-less' meaning 'without'.

Etymology

The word desireless is made of desire ('a want' or 'a wish') and the ending -less meaning 'without', like in fearless or hopeless. So, desireless means being 'without wants' or free from wanting anything.