wish
Meaning of wish
verb
- feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.
we wished for peace
he wished that he had practised the routines
- want to do something.
they wish to become involved
- hope that (someone) has to deal with someone or something undesirable.
he wouldn't wish Arthur on anyone
- a desire or hope for something to happen.
the union has reiterated its wish for an agreement
her wish to be a mother
Old English wȳscan, of Germanic origin; related to German wünschen, also to ween and wont.
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Hyphenation of wish
wish
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- wish is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wish synonyms
Meaning wishing:
Meaning regard:
Meaning care:
Meaning will:
Meaning bid:
Meaning strongly wish for or want (something):
Meaning feel a powerful desire for (something):
Meaning yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another):
Meaning attempt to find (something):
Meaning feel a desire or liking for:
Meaning feel a keen desire for (something lacking or absent):
Meaning decide on a course of action:
Meaning wish or desire to do something:
Meaning a yearning desire:
Meaning a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen:
Meaning a feeling of intense longing for something:
Meaning a person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition:
Meaning a strong desire or impulse:
Meaning a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained:
Meaning a powerful desire for something:
Meaning a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat:
Meaning a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something:
Meaning strong sexual desire:
Meaning a hope or ambition of achieving something:
Meaning a purpose or intention; a desired outcome:
Meaning a strong desire to do or achieve something:
Meaning a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal:
Meaning a strong desire to have or do something:
Meaning the basic monetary unit of Japan:
Meaning a restless or strong desire to do something:
Translation of wish
- French: souhaiter, demande, requête, sollicitation, instance, prière
- Italian: sperare, desiderare, augurarsi, domanda, richiesta, piacere, preferire, prediligere, augurare
- Spanish: desear, anhelar, deseo, anhelo, solicitud, pedido, preferir, decir, augurar
- German: wünschen, Nachfrage, Anfrage
- Portuguese: desejo
Words that rhyme with wish
dawish, gawish, gewgawish, lawish, rawish, sawish, strawish, Jewish, Unjewish, forewish, jewish, newish, reviewish, rewish, screwish, shrewish, stewish, unshrewish, unwish, wishtonwish, wistonwish, Marlowish, cowish, howish, lowish, marrowish, narrowish, nohowish, sallowish, scarecrowish, shallowish, showish, slowish, snowish, sowish, sparrowish, tallowish, wallowish, widowish, willowish, yellowish, interwish, Skitswish, miswish, swish, outwish
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