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What is "wishful" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does wishful mean in English? Meaning of wishful definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "wishful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "wishful": having or expressing desire for something

Adjective

  • Meaning: having or expressing desire for something
  • Example: desirous of high office desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem
  • Synonyms: desirous wishful
  • Antonyms: undesiring undesirous
  • Similar: appetent athirst avid covetous devouring envious esurient greedy homesick hungry jealous nostalgic thirsty

    • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈwɪʃfəl/

    Meaning of "wishful": desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

    Adjective

  • Meaning: desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
  • Synonyms: aspirant aspiring wishful
  • Similar: ambitious

    • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈwɪʃfəl/

  • Adjective: (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted. 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9: The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9: The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.Expressing a wish or longing for something.Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

    • Synonyms:

    acquisitive, ambitious, aspiring, craving, daydreaming, desiring, greedy, hankering, hopeful, itchy, keen, longing, lustful, wishing, yearning, longful,

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    wishful in English: wishful
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