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
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

Synonyms for wanting

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