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longing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of longing

a strong wish for something

by four oʼclock in the afternoon, I usually experience a strong longing for chocolate

Synonyms of longing

appetency, appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen

Words Related to longing

compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal

liking, love, taste, weakness

eagerness, impatience

necessity, need, requirement

acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity

cacoëthes, mania

Near Antonyms of longing

abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

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