Related Words for longing

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WordSyllablesCategories
yearning
/x
Noun, Noun
short
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pining
/x
Noun
wistfulness
/xx
Noun
aching
/x
Verb
desiring
x/xx
Verb
loneliness
/xx
Noun
craving
/x
Noun
sorrowing
/xx
Noun
feeling
/x
Noun
melancholy
/xxx
Noun
restlessness
/xx
Noun
lusting
/x
Verb
emptiness
/xx
Noun
thirsting
/x
Verb
sadness
/x
Noun
tenderness
/xx
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun
nostalgia
x/x
Noun
wanting
/x
Verb
discontent
xx/
Noun
welling
/x
Noun
desperation
xx/x
Noun
unrequited
xx/x
Adjective
disillusion
xx/x
Noun
pang
/
Noun
hopefulness
/xx
Noun
contentment
x/x
Noun
dissatisfaction
xxx/x
Noun
unfulfilled
xx/
Adjective
exhilaration
xxx/x
Noun
heartbreak
/x
Noun
eagerness
/xx
Noun
elation
x/x
Noun
despairing
x/x
Noun
desolation
xx/x
Noun
agony
/xx
Noun
warmth
/
Noun
ambivalence
x/xx
Noun
excitement
x/x
Noun
delight
x/
Noun
estrangement
x/x
Noun
solitude
/xx
Noun
weariness
/xx
Noun
dreaming
/x
Noun
lament
x/
Noun
heartache
/x
Noun
languor
//
Noun
stirrings
/x
Noun
sorrowful
/xx
Adjective
infatuation
xxx/x
Noun
wishing
/x
Verb
impatience
x/x
Noun
dejection
x/x
Noun
hopelessness
/xx
Noun
wonderment
/xx
Noun
uneasiness
x/xx
Noun
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
thrill
/
Noun
alienation
xxx/x
Noun
sate
/
Noun
disaffection
xx/x
Noun
poignancy
/xx
Noun
angst
/
Noun
passion
/x
Noun
lamentation
xx/x
Noun
soul
/
Noun
loathing
/x
Noun
rapturous
/xx
Adjective
resentment
x/x
Noun
affection
x/x
Noun
intimacy
/xxx
Noun
fullness
/x
Noun
homesickness
/xx
Noun
brokenness
/xx
Noun
seeming
/x
Verb
frustration
x/x
Noun
solace
/x
Noun
helplessness
/xx
Noun
fascination
xx/x
Noun
torment
/x
Noun
exultation
x//x
Noun
transcendence
x/x
Noun
lingering
/xx
Adjective
wanderlust
/xx
Noun
reverie
/xx
Noun
wholeness
/x
Noun
curiosity
xx/xx
Noun
liking
/x
Noun
mellow
/x
Adjective
luster
/x
Noun
plain
/
Noun
endearing
x/x
Adjective
looking
/x
Verb
tooth
/
Noun
leer
/
Noun
erotic
x/x
Adjective
fancy
/x
Noun
deep
/
Adjective
lour
/
Noun
dread
/
Noun
gust
/
Noun
bucolic
x/x
Adjective
reminiscent
xx/x
Noun
fawning
/x
Noun
gaze
/
Noun
receding
x/x
Noun
smother
/x
Verb
intriguing
x/x
Adjective
sour
/x
Adjective
elegiac
/xxx
Noun
tang
/
Noun
shimmering
/xx
Verb
unsatisfied
x/xx
Adjective
unquenchable
x/xx
Adjective
unutterable
x/xxx
Adjective
ambition
x/x
Noun, Verb
appetite
/xx
Noun
aspiration
xx/x
Noun
envy
/x
Noun, Verb
grief
/
Noun, Verb
hankering
/xx
Noun
itch
/
Noun, Verb
joy
/
Noun, Verb
obsessive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
precipitate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
prefer
x/
Verb
quest
/
Noun, Verb
remorse
x/
Noun, Verb
rush
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sense
/
Noun, Verb
suction
/x
Noun, Verb
taste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
vacuum
/x
Noun, Verb
willingness
/xx
Noun
yen
/
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb