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  1. wish, wishing, wantnoun

    a specific feeling of desire

    "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"

    Synonyms:
    indirect request, neediness, need, wish, deprivation, want, regard, privation, lack, deficiency, compliments

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  1. hoping

    to hope for something; clue-lessy waiting for something

    "i was wishing for a new phone..."

    Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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  1. wishingnoun

    Synonyms:
    longing, aspiration

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  1. List of paraphrases for "wishing":

    desiring, wanting, desirous, seeking

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#183need
#254want
#1089wish
#2498lack
#2825seeking
#3876regard
#7663wanting
#9974wishing
#10765deficiency
#19035compliments
#19109deprivation
#26881desiring
#46387desirous
#112192privation
#229574neediness

How to use wishing in a sentence?

  1. Charles Lamb:

    My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

  2. Chung Eui-yong:

    President Trump remembered, and as Chung Eui-yong said well-wishing remarks about Chairman Kim Jong Un's birthday, President Trump requested that it'd be good if President Moon can deliver that message to Chairman Kim Jong Un, as far as I know, such message has been delivered to the North in an appropriate way.

  3. John Coates:

    I think that Prime Minister Abe is a very smart man and I have no doubt that when he put it to the IOC that we postpone the Games... he had in mind a positive economic stimulus for Tokyo and Japan in what would otherwise be a downturn, i think there will be a lot of countries and cities around the world wishing for a similar opportunity.

  4. W. H. Auden:

    Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.

  5. Greg Abbott of Texas:

    It has become clear that our military personnel must have the ability to defend themselves against these type of attacks on our own soil, arming National Guard at these bases will not only serve as a deterrent to anyone wishing to do harm to our service men and women, but will enable them to protect those living and working on the base.


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