do not want
/ˈdu ˈnɑt ˈwɑnt/
do not want phrase: used to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.
Phrase
do not want
- Used to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.
- Eww, spiders...DO NOT WANT!
- Synonyms:
- DNW, kill it with fire
Synonyms of do not want
Antonyms
Origin of do not want
From a badly translated Chinese bootleg copy of Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith titled Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West. The original cry "Noooooooo" was translated into Chinese as 不要 (bùyào, “not want”), and then back into the English subtitles as "do not want".
Questions about do not want
- What does do not want mean?
- Do not want means used to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.
- What part of speech is do not want?
- Do not want is a phrase.
- How do you pronounce do not want?
- Do not want is pronounced /ˈdu ˈnɑt ˈwɑnt/ (US).
Words near do not want in the dictionary
- do not kill the part of you that is cringe, kill the part of you that cringes
- do not pass go, do not collect $200
- do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars
- do not pass go, do not collect £200
- do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope
- do not want
- do nothing
- do number one
- do number two
- do numbers
- do of
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