Definitions for wanting

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wanting want·ing

Spelling: [won-ting, wawn-]

IPA: /ˈwɒn tɪŋ, ˈwɔn-/

Wanting is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in wanting (aginntw).

Definitions for wanting

noun

1. something wanted or needed; necessity:
2. something desired, demanded, or required:
3. absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack:
4. the state of being without something desired or needed; need:
5. the state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty:
6. a sense of lack or need of something:

Idioms

1. want in / out, Chiefly Midland. to desire to enter or leave: Informal. to desire acceptance in or release from something specified:

adjective

1. lacking or absent:
2. deficient in some part, thing, or respect:

preposition

1. lacking; without:
2. less; minus:

verb (used with object)

1. to feel a need or a desire for; wish for:
2. to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often followed by an infinitive):
3. to be without or be deficient in:
4. to fall short by (a specified amount):
5. to require or need:

verb (used without object)

1. to feel inclined; wish; like (often followed by to):
2. to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need (sometimes followed by for):
3. to have need (usually followed by for):
4. to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty:
5. to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness:

Origin of wanting

1250-1300; Middle English (adj.); see want, -ing²

Examples for wanting

Which was sweet and also troubling, because it meant that I have never shut up about wanting to be Peter Pan.

So many girls are idolizing these models and wanting to look like them.

How can I be with you day after day without loving you, hungering for you, wanting you, body and soul?

He posted on Facebook about wanting to do something “right” and meaningful.

My reasons for not wanting to go to the railroad to work were good.

But Uncle Peter had already put in some hard winters, and was not wanting in fortitude.

Yes, as Henry was saying, I have been wanting to see you ever since my daughter spoke of you.

The vast majority of New Yorkers seem to disagree, wanting the Santas gone for good.

But throughout all this, Malone describe herself as “oddly responsible,” wanting to help her moms pay the bills as young as 10.

I've been wanting to tell you for more than a week, but I didn't know how.