Definition of want

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Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four..

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Bewilder :: Bewilder (v. t.) To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly..
Disunity :: Disunity (n.) A state of separation or disunion; want of unity.
Disrespectability :: Disrespectability (n.) Want of respectability.
Unworthy :: Unworthy (a.) Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of..
Aphilanthropy :: Aphilanthropy (n.) Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy.
Improficiency :: Improficiency (n.) Want of proficiency.
Enough :: Enough (n.) A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself..
Incapability :: Incapability (n.) Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office..
Indistancy :: Indistancy (n.) Want of distance o/ separation; nearness.
Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport..
Meanness :: Meanness (n.) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess..
Indecorousness :: Indecorousness (n.) The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
Ingratitude :: Ingratitude (n.) Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness..
Wanton :: Wanton (n.) A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment..
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like..
Impuberty :: Impuberty (n.) The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into..
Inconcinnity :: Inconcinnity (n.) Want of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness.
Misesteem :: Misesteem (n.) Want of esteem; disrespect.
Wantonize :: Wantonize (v. i.) To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.
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