Definition of longing
:a strong desire especially for something unattainable :craving
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Examples of longing in a Sentence
They looked with longing toward freedom.
She cast a look of longing at the shop window.
She never told anyone about her secret longings.
Recent Examples of longing from the Web
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But there was longing in the poem, too, because that old Seattle is gone.
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Brazil is to the Miami real estate market as LeBron James was to the Miami Heat: a supernova phenomenon that lifted us to the greatest heights, but left difficult questions and painful longing in its absence.
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My only longing is to serve and to keep the world spinning forward for the LGBTQ community in whatever way I’m meant to.
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Their own longing for a spirited hookup had so far led to nothing.
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This is the face of immense, unfathomable grief, the face of longing, of heartbreak, of self inflicted GUILT.
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This is the face of immense, unfathomable grief, the face of longing, of heartbreak, of self inflicted GUILT.
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This is the face of immense, unfathomable grief, the face of longing, of heartbreak, of self inflicted GUILT.
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A woman moving so far beyond delicate, weepy declarations of loss and longing to express explicit rage in the context of a sexual relationship does not, traditionally, a Top 40 single make.
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First Known Use of longing
before 12th century
longing Synonyms
Synonyms
appetency, appetite, craving, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, desire, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yenRelated Words
compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal; liking, love, taste, weakness; eagerness, impatience; want, wish; necessity, need, requirement; obsession; acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity; cacoëthes, maniaNear Antonyms
abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcernLONGING Defined for English Language Learners
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