Antonyms for wish


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wish
Phonetic Transcription : wɪʃ


Definition of wish

Origin :
  • Old English wyscan "to wish," from Proto-Germanic *wunskijanan (cf. Old Norse æskja, Danish ønske, Swedish önska, Middle Dutch wonscen, Dutch wensen, Old High German wunsken, German wunschen "to wish"), from PIE *wun-/*wen-/*won- "to strive after, wish, desire, be satisfied" (cf. Sanskrit vanati "he desires, loves, wins," Latin venus "love, sexual desire, loveliness," venerari "to worship;" see Venus). The noun is attested from c.1300. Wish fulfillment (1901) translates German wunscherfüllung (Freud, "Die Traumdeutung," 1900).
  • noun desire
  • verb desire
Example sentences :
  • "It is partly for your sake that I wish it, my poor child," said he.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • “I wish they may not be in league with them,” said Master Headley.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I wish we might have talked more—I'm sure—when are you leaving?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I wish my father had intrusted his money to you instead of to the superintendent.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • "If there were any use in wishing, I'd wish myself on shore," said the second.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I never in my life saw any harm done by a villain; I wish I could.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Shall be happy to facilitate any despatch you may wish forwarded to your Government.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • "I wish it would," she said, gently, and then went on with her own thoughts while he was silent.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I wish he were here now, even he,—any one who loved me truly, and whom I could love only a little.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • There, if it be your wish, I will propose you; messengers will be appointed to converse with you.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Synonyms for wish

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