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Longing

Longing Meaning & Definition
Longing Definition And Meaning

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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