Struggled
Wanted and struggled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wanted" instead a verb "Struggled".
Nearby Words: struggle, struggling
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Delenn struggled with this because Lennier was very dear to her and she wanted him to be happy as well, but her love for him was more familial.
Source: Triang Relations - Even more egregiously is how she went from a coolly efficient doctor that struggled with connecting with patients and had no interest in children at all to someone that became a doctor because she wanted to take care of everyone and wanted nothing more than to get married and have kids
- Bambi was meant to be the second Disney feature after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with development starting in 1936, but production went slower than expected as animators struggled to get the realism Walt wanted for the film.
Source: Extremely Lengthy Creation
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Wanted and Struggled. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/struggled/wanted
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