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Definition: Wanting |
WantingAdjective1. Not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book". 2. Inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wanting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: WantingSynonyms: deficient (adj), lacking(p) (adj), missing (adj), nonexistent (adj), wanting(a) (adj), wanting(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence | Adjective: absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home; missing; lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistence. |
Disapprobation | Disapproved, chid;Verb: in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved; unblest; at a discount, exploded; weighed in the balance and found wanting. |
Guilt | Adjective: guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable; weighed in the balance and found wanting; exceptionable. |
Imbecility Folly | Shallow, borne, weak, wanting, soft, sappy, spoony; dull, dull as a beetle; stupid, heavy, insulse, obtuse, blunt, stolid, doltish; asinine; inapt; prosaic; hebetudinous. |
Imperfection | Adjective: imperfect; not perfect; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped; (distort); lame; injured; (deteriorated); peccant; (bad); frail; (weak); inadequate; (insufficient); crude; (unprepared); incomplete; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement. |
Incompleteness | Adjective: incomplete; imperfect; unfinished; uncompleted; (see complete; ); defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in default, in arrear; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half, perfunctory, sketchy; crude; (unprepared). |
Inferiority | Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. |
Ingratitude | Adjective: ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful; thankless, ingrate,Adjective: ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful; thankless, ingrate, wanting in gratitude, insensible of benefits. |
Insufficiency | Adjective: insufficient, inadequate; too little; not enough; unequal to; incompetent; (impotent); " weighed in the balance and found wanting "; perfunctory; (neglect); deficient; (incomplete); wanting; Verb: imperfect; ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill-stored, ill-off. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Wanting people to listen (Seven; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker) Imagine that, seven million people all wanting to live together (Crocodile Dundee; writing credit: John Cornell; Paul Hogan) What's wrong with wanting to be the best you can be (Perfect; writing credit: Aaron Latham;) Wanting someone you can never have (Enter the Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) You know, no man's ever been nice to me without wanting something in return (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Yes your wanting to HAUNT me (Fighter; performing artist: CHRISTINA AGUILERA) In wanting you to stay here with me. (LAY DOWN SALLY; performing artist: ERIC CLAPTON) Is wanting you (Let's Make Love (with Tim McGraw); performing artist: Faith Hill) I've been wanting to die (Too Late For Goodbyes; performing artist: Julian Lennon) You wanting me (I Need To Know; performing artist: Marc Anthony) | |
Clever | Contentment is not to be found in having what you want, but rather wanting what you have. (references; author: unknown) As a rule, man's a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool. And when it's cool, he wants it hot; always wanting what is not. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wanting (1997) | |
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 | Freedom from smoking : Wanting to quit / American Lung Association. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Weighed & found wanting, or the effects of a summer's ramble. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The little ones were always wanting something done. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Do you blame me for not wanting an extra session of this!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Everyone is wanting something more or something better. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Throughout Texas there are auto travel bureaus in the main towns, which act as brokers for passengers and drivers wanting to share expense of travel. Sign in Harlingen, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Asleep on a Boat" by William J. Ray Commentary: "As I recall I took this photo blind (from the hip), not wanting to arouse a hard-working woman from her sleep." | "Turn thy head nr2" by Bas V.d Eykhof Commentary: "Dennis also resting, wanting to be a model." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged. |
Benjamin Franklin | Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting. |
Bernard Meltzer | Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get. |
Blaise Pascal | We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. |
Confucius | To love a thing means wanting it to live. |
Henri Frederic Amiel | We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to. |
Johann W. Von Goethe | When an idea is wanting a word can always be found to take its place. |
MoliFre | Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. |
Ovid | The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | To which in the state of nature there are many things wanting. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Do you charge us with wanting to stop the exploitation of children by their parents? To this crime we plead guilty. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She was wanting to see him again, and especially to see him in company with Mrs. Weston, upon his behaviour to whom her opinion of him was to depend |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | I tried to make this clear to her also, adding some warnings on the dangers that surely awaited a union in which mutual love was wanting. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | No feature of the universal countenance is wanting in the profile of Paris |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The procedure may cause a mild sensation of wanting to move the bowels and abdominal pressure. (references) | |
There also is evidence of reluctance to engage in carrier testing on the psychological grounds of "not wanting to know," as has occurred in studies where some people with positive family histories chose not to participate. (references) | ||
Business | This is a major challenge to U.S. firms wanting to enter the market in Thailand. (references) | |
So many people wanting to take their holiday at that time creates a series of problems. (references) | ||
The premium segment is largely being driven by younger drinkers wanting to experiment with different beers. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Turkey | In April the Interior Ministry issued a circular requiring anyone wanting to visit Syriac villages in the east and southeast to obtain prior permission from the authorities. (references) |
Economic History | Taiwan | U.S. firms wanting to enter the market will find a fairly sophisticated network of support firms who can help them carry out these tasks. (references) |
Norway | The number of group dental practices in Norway is expected to increase, primarily due to the trend toward private practitioners wanting more flexible work arrangements. (references) | |
Political Economy | ITALY | According to the Banking Law, a foreign institution wanting to increase its stake in a bank to above five percent needs authorization from the Bank of Italy. (references) |
Travel | Israel | Visas should be obtained in advance for those wanting to cross the Allenby Bridge, which links Jordan and the West Bank. (references) |
Austria | For people wanting unlimited travel the ideal way to travel is the Eurail ticket giving an option to travel in and between 27 countries in Europe and including two extra bonuses at the Hilton International (reduction on room rates) and Hertz rent-a-car (reduction on car rental). (references) | |
Women | Uganda | Divorce law requires women wanting to prove adultery to meet stricter evidentiary standards than are required for men. (references) |
Turkmenistan | However, in traditional Turkmen society, the woman's primary role is as homemaker and mother, and family pressures often limited opportunities for women wanting to enter careers outside the home and advance their education. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | But if you buy the liberal idea that wanting to keep the money you earn and spending it on meeting your own needs, that's exactly what you're doing! |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Measures have also been taken for the prosecution of offenders, and Congress may be assured that nothing within constitutional and legal limits which may depend upon me shall be wanting to assert and maintain the just authority of the laws. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Nor, if our peace continues, will they be wanting for any other existing purpose. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Upon this general view of the subject it is obvious that there is only wanting to the fiscal prosperity of the Government the restoration of an uniform medium of exchange. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | This is their right, and they cannot be blamed for wanting to be the masters of their own country and disposing of the fruits of their own labor. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Let us remember that we have been tested before and America has never been found wanting. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | We see around us empty lives, wanting fulfillment. |
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| "Wanting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 99.37% of the time. "Wanting" is used about 2,361 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 99.37% | 2,347 | 3,790 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.47% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.17% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,361 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "wanting". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hasrah | N/A | Biblical | Wanting |
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Expressions using "wanting": be wanting ♦ be wanting in ♦ wanting in gratitude ♦ wanting in smth. ♦ weighed in the balance and found wanting. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "wanting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | që mungon (absent, failing, missing), pa (less, minus, sans, without), i metë (barmy, deficient, feebleminded, imbecile, incomplete, moron), i mangët (defective, deficient, incomplete, lacking, short). (various references) | |
Arabic | مفقود (absent, lost, missing), من غير (without), ناقص (amiss, bid, defective, deficient, deprecatory, faulty, imperfect, inchoate, incomplete, incorrect, insufficient, minus, nude, odd, reducible, revoked, scant, sketchy, truncate, unfinished), غائب (absent, away, truant). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неотговарящ на стандарта (under), неотговарящ на изискванията, недостатъчен (deficient, exiguous, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, short, skimpy, slender, slim), недостигащ (failing, short), лишен от, без (but for, less, minus, out of, sans), при липса на (in absentia). (various references) | |
Chinese | 要 (Want, Wanted). (various references) | |
Czech | potřebný (desirable, necessary, needful, needy, perquisite, required, requisite), nevyhovující (inconvenient, insufficient, substandard, uncomplying), nedostaèující (deficient, inadequate, lacking), chybìjící (missing), být postrádán. (various references) | |
Finnish | puuttua (be deficient, be lacking, be missing, be wanting). (various references) | |
French | voulant. (various references) | |
German | fehlend (absent, amiss, being absent, missing, nonexisting, omitted, unavailable), wünschend (desiring, desirous, wishing). (various references) | |
Greek | στερούμενοσ (devoid, wanter), ελλείπων (absent), λείπει. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לקוי (blemish, defect, defective, deficiency, deficient, eclipse, failing, failure, fault, faulty, ill, imperfection, inadequacy, inadequate, shortcoming, spoilt, stricken, unsound, vicious), חפץ (article, delight, desire, object, thing, willing, wish), חסר (deficient, devoid, less, missing, short, void). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hiányzó (absent, absentee, lacking, missing, unaccounted). (various references) | |
Irish | iarraidh (asking, attempt, test, to ask). (various references) | |
Italian | mancante (absent, incomplete, missing, omitted), carente (lacking). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | たらし込む (all the same, bump, drop-by-drop, even so, lump, nevertheless, protuberance, so, swelling, tending to be, therefore, to cajole, to deceive, to seduce, wanting to be), 希望者 (person interested in doing something, person wanting to do something), 寡慾 (wanting little). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たらんと (tending to be, wanting to be), きぼうしゃ (person interested in doing something, person wanting to do something), かよく (unselfishness, wanting little). (various references) | |
Korean | 원함 (Desiring). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antingway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sem (lacking, minus, out, outside, without), menos (but, fewer, least, less, lesser, minus, with the exception of), insuficiente (dissatisfactory, inadequate, inefficient, insufficient, narrow, scant, scanty, scarce, short, slim, starveling, unsatisfying), fraco de espírito (feeble-minded, weak-minded, weak-spirited, witless), exceto (barring, bating, besides, but, except, excepting, other than, save, saving), destituído (destitute), desprovido (destitute, devoid, minus, naked, unfurnished, unprovided), deficiente (bad, close-fisted, defective, deficient, faulty, lacking, low, meager, meagre, penurious, scanty, scrimp, short, skimpy, under), ausente (absent, absented, absentee, away, off, out). (various references) | |
Romanian | fãrã (besides, clear of, devoid of, ex, less, minus, save, without), deficient (deficient), absenţã (absence, default, poverty, privation, shortage). (various references) | |
Russian | хотеть недостающий, недостающий (failing, lacking, missing). (various references) | |
Scottish | iùnais (want, without). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nedovoljan (failing, insufficient, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying), koji nedostaje (missing), koga nema. (various references) | |
Spanish | que falta (missing), naciente (aborning, first, going, infant, nascent, rising), falto (short), defectuoso (broken, defect, defective, deficient, erroneous, faulty, flawed, imperfect, incomplete, incorrect, lame, leaky, unsound). (various references) | |
Swedish | önskar (desire, desires, desiring, whishing). (various references) | |
Turkish | yoksun (bankrupt in, bereft, destitute, devoid of, empty, innocent of, out of, shorn, shorn of, unprovided, void of), -siz olan, -siz (devoid of, ex, guiltless, in-, innocent of, lacking, non-, out of, sans, sine, un-, void of, with no, without), -sız (devoid of, ex, in-, innocent of, sine, void of, with no, without), noksan (defect, deficiency, gappy, lack, shortcoming), eksik (defective, deficiency, deficient, gappy, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, lame, less, minus, missing, missing part, out, ragged, scrimp, scrimpy, short, shortfall, shy, sketchy, skimp, skimpy). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gцwьnjeс (desirous of, wanting to). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | якому не вистачає, відсутній (absent, absentee, lacking, missing, non-available, null, unavailable), недостатній (defective, deficient, meager, meagre, poor, scarce, scrimpy, short, skimpy), без (ex, less, minus, till, without), придуркуватий (assish, calvish, imbecile, naпve, oafish, sheepish, slaphappy, soft-headed, touched, weak-headed). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đần (feeble-minded). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | deliqui, expers. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PaV oV adelfon ptwcon misei kai filiaV makran estai ennoia agaqh toiV eidosin authn eggiei anhr de fronimoV eurhsei authn o polla kakopoiwn telesiourgei kakian oV de ereqizei logouV ou swqhsetai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fratres hominis pauperis oderunt eum insuper et amici procul recesserunt ab eo qui tantum verba sectatur nihil habebit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The brethern of the pore man hateden hym; ferthermor and frendis aferr wenten awei fro hym. Who onli woordis folewith, no thing shal han; who forsothe weldere is of the mynde, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ... |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ang tanang kaigsoonan sa kabus magadumot kaniya: Daw unsa pa ka labaw sa iyang mga higala nga magapahilayo gikan kaniya! Siya magaagpas kanila uban sa mga pulong, apan sila milakat na. |
| Croatian | Na siromaha mrze sva braæa njegova, još više se udaljuju od njega prijatelji njegovi: on hlepi za dobrim rijeèima, ali ih ne nalazi! |
| Danish | Fattigmands Frænder hader ham alle, end mere skyr hans Venner ham da. Ej frelses den, som jager efter Ord. |
| Dutch | Al de broeders des armen haten hem; hoeveel te meer gaan zijn vrienden verre van hem! Hij loopt hen na met woorden, die niets zijn. |
| Finnish | Köyhä on kaikkien veljiensä vihattu, vielä vierotumpi ystävilleen. Tyhjiä sanoja hän saa tavoitella. |
| French | Tous les frères du pauvre le haïssent; Combien plus ses amis s`éloignent-ils de lui! Il leur adresse des paroles suppliantes, mais ils disparaissent. |
| German | Den Armen hassen alle seine Brüder; wie viel mehr halten sich seine Freunde von ihm fern! Und wer sich auf Worte verläßt, dem wird nichts. |
| Hungarian | A szegényt minden atyjafia gyûlöli, még barátai is eltávolodnak tõle; unszolja szavakkal, de õk eltünnek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang miskin diremehkan oleh saudaranya, apalagi oleh temannya. Betapapun ia berusaha, ia tak dapat memikat mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa seorang miskin dibenci jikalau oleh saudara-saudaranya sekalipun, istimewa pula segala sahabatnya akan menjauhkan dirinya dari padanya. Maka ia mengejar akan mereka itu dengan katanya, tetapi tiada diindahkannya. |
| Maori | E kino ana nga teina katoa o te rawakore ki a ia: na nui ke atu te mataratanga atu o ona hoa i a ia! Whai noa ana kupu i a ratou, heoi kua riro ratou. |
| Norwegian | Den fattiges frender hater ham alle; enda mere holder hans venner sig borte fra ham. Han jager efter ord som ikke er å finne. |
| Portuguese | Todos os irmãos do pobre o aborrecem; quanto mais se afastam dele os seus amigos! persegue-os com súplicas, mas eles já se foram. |
| Rumanian | Toyi frayii sqracului kl urqsc; cu ckt mai mult se depqrteazq prietenii lui de el! El se kndreaptq spre ei cu vorbe rugqtoare, dar ei se fac nevqzuyi. - |
| Spanish | Todos los hermanos del pobre le odian; cuánto más se alejarán de él sus amigos. Busca quienes le hablen, pero no los halla. |
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Misspellings | |
"Wanting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anting, aw'thing, nantong, qangtang, wanking, wanning, wantan, wanten, wantimg, wantin, wunting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "wanting" (pronounced wÄ"nting or wÄ"ning) |
| 4 | -n t i ng | appointing, accenting, accounting, amounting, augmenting, blunting, bunting, cementing, chanting, circumventing, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, consenting, counting, daunting, decanting, denting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, dissenting, documenting, enchanting, experimenting, fainting, fermenting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, glinting, granting, grunting, haunting, hinting, hunting, implanting, implementing, imprinting, inventing, lamenting, minting, misrepresenting, mounting, painting, panting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, planting, pointing, presenting, preventing, printing, ranting, recanting, recounting, reinventing, relenting, renting, repainting, replanting, representing, reprinting, resenting, shunting, slanting, sprinting, squinting, supplanting, supplementing, surmounting, tainting, taunting, tenting, tormenting, transplanting, unrelenting, unstinting, venting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
| 4 | -Ä" n i ng | awning, conning, donning, spawning. |
| 3 | -n i ng | apportioning, abstaining, abandoning, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-n-n-t-w" | |
-1 letter: anting, awning, tawing, waning. | |
-2 letters: awing, giant, gnawn, twain, twang, wigan, witan. | |
-3 letters: agin, anti, gain, gait, gnat, gnaw, tain, tang, ting, twig, twin, wain, wait, want, wing. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, awn, gan, gat, gin, git, inn, nag, nan, naw, nit, tag, tan, taw, tin, twa, wag, wan, wat, wig, win, wit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-n-n-t-w" | |
+1 letter: twanging. | |
+2 letters: twangling, wantoning. | |
+3 letters: enswathing, inswathing, outfawning, outgnawing, unswathing, warranting. | |
+4 letters: antiwhaling, enwreathing, handwriting, postweaning, unwreathing, wainscoting. | |
+5 letters: handwritings, interweaving, stonewalling, wainscotings, wainscotting, withstanding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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