longing

Speech parts

1. longing - Noun

2. longing - Verb

Meaning

of Long

An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yearning hungriness jones need gluttony animalism want desire hope wish dying passion impulse eager expectancy

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Antonyms

malice loathing detestation opposition hate hostility

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Hypernyms

desire

Hyponyms

discontent yen nostalgia hankering discontentment pining

Phrases with the word

longing for home longing for the past awaited with longing I'm longing longing for past longing to be home

Examples

America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process. Arianna Huffington

Happiness is the longing for repetition. Milan Kundera

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life. Anna Freud

The sack of longing has no bottom. Japanese Proverb

Who has not had a taste longs to do so, but for whom has tasted then the longing is a hundred times more. Persian Proverb

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

longimanous longimetric longimetry longing for a drink longing for home longing for past