About The Word Longing
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Longing
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What's The Definition Of Longing?
[n] prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Synonyms | Synonyms for Longing: yearning Related Terms | Find terms related to Longing: aching | craving | desiderium | desire | fancy | hankering | Heimweh | homesick | homesickness | honing | hunger | languishing | languishment | mal du pays | maladie du pays | nostalgia | nostalgic | nostomania | pining | wish | wishful | wistful | yearnful | yearning | yen See Also | desire | discontent | discontentedness | discontentment | hankering | nostalgia | pining | wishfulness | wistfulness | yen Longing In Webster's Dictionary \Long"ing\, n.
An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest
wish; an aspiration.
Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me.
--Shak.
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