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Antonyms for wanting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : won-ting, wawn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒn tɪŋ, ˈwɔn- |
Definition of wanting
Origin :- c.1300, "deficiency, shortage," from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr "wanting, deficient;" related to Old English wanian "to diminish" (see wane). Phrase for want of is recorded from c.1400. Meaning "state of destitution" is recorded from mid-14c. Newspaper want ad is recorded from 1897. Middle English had wantsum (c.1200) "in want, deprived of," literally "want-some."
- adj lacking, inadequate
- But Uncle Peter had already put in some hard winters, and was not wanting in fortitude.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- How can I be with you day after day without loving you, hungering for you, wanting you, body and soul?
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- My reasons for not wanting to go to the railroad to work were good.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- I've been wanting to tell you for more than a week, but I didn't know how.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Yes, as Henry was saying, I have been wanting to see you ever since my daughter spoke of you.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- But, what could be wanting to satisfy the insatiable cravings of this woman?
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Whereat they jeered at him for wanting to be close to Evadna.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- A gentleman from thousands of miles away, wanting to know your history!'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- It all comes of that confounded habit of mine of wanting to be in love.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- An oar has been made since I came in, wanting the shaped handle.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for wanting
- absent
- away
- bankrupt
- bereft
- burned out
- cooked
- cut off
- defective
- deficient
- deprived
- destitute
- devoid
- disappointing
- empty
- failing
- faulty
- gone
- half-baked
- imperfect
- in default
- incomplete
- inferior
- less
- minus
- missing
- needed
- not good enough
- not up to par
- omitted
- out of gas
- patchy
- poor
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- substandard
- too little too late
- unfulfilled
- unsound
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