Synonyms for wanting

Grammar : Adj

Spell : won-ting, wawn-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒn tɪŋ, ˈwɔn-

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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