wishing

Other forms: wishings

Definitions of wishing
  1. noun
    a specific feeling of desire
    synonyms: want, wish
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    types:
    velleity
    a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
    type of:
    desire
    the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
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