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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Riotous :: Riotous (a.) Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious..
Ponderous :: Ponderous (a.) Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke..
Indecorousness :: Indecorousness (n.) The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
Inapplication :: Inapplication (n.) Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence..
Indecency :: Indecency (n.) The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity..
Irresolution :: Irresolution (n.) Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation..
Insensitive :: Insensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility..
Necessitied :: Necessitied (a.) In a state of want; necessitous.
Insociability :: Insociability (n.) The quality of being insociable; want of sociability; unsociability.
Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..
Incapacity :: Incapacity (n.) Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
Invalidity :: Invalidity (n.) Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will..
Tend :: Tend (v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks..
Incomplete :: Incomplete (a.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
Opacity :: Opacity (n.) Obscurity; want of clearness.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit..
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture..
Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.
Cowardly :: Cowardly (a.) Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Windless :: Windless (a.) Wanting wind; out of breath.
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