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WANTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
Example:
so good to feel wanted
Synonyms:
cherished; precious; treasured; wanted
Classified under:
Similar:
loved (held dear)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Desired or wished for or sought
Example:
a wanted poster
Classified under:
Similar:
craved; desired (wanted intensely)
hot (wanted by the police)
longed-for; wished-for; yearned-for (greatly desired)
sought; sought-after (being searched for)
Also:
desirable (worth having or seeking or achieving)
loved (held dear)
welcome (giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted)
Antonym:
unwanted (not wanted; not needed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb want
Context examples:
The way was clear, and that was all he had wanted.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“One would suppose you wanted a second visit from her.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Besides, so far as I can see it is not worth discussing, since we can't get down, even if we wanted.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I wanted it dreadfully, and wished I was her with all my might.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
They are wanted in the farm, Mr. Bennet, are they not?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
When she asked him why he wanted to go, he said he wanted to play with the 'bloofer lady.'
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“I did it! I did it! With my own hands I did it!” I wanted to cry aloud.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"Even if I wanted to, how could I kill the Wicked Witch? If you, who are Great and Terrible, cannot kill her yourself, how do you expect me to do it?"
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I cannot descend to be tricked out of assurances, that are not really wanted.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
So each brother went his way; and as the eldest was hastening on a man met him, and asked him where he was going, and what he wanted.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
