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WISHING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does wishing mean?

• WISHING (noun)
The noun WISHING has 1 sense:

1. a specific feeling of desire

Familiarity information: WISHING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WISHING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A specific feeling of desire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

wish; wishing; want

Context examples:

he got his wish / he was above all wishing and desire

Hypernyms ("wishing" is a kind of...):

desire (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wishing"):

velleity (a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain)

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