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Meaning of wantful | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Full of want or lack; lacking; poor.
  2. Full of want or desire; desirous.

Equivalents

Deutsch darbend
Kurdî darbend

Examples

“Nor rank, nor wealth, I ask, but let me be Above contempt, and wantful poverty.”
“Greaves's soul had up to that moment been "wantful, lustful,” and "working actively in lower regions,” but now it became “receptive of Spirit from the higher elements.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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