longing

  • 31longing — noun Date: before 12th century a strong desire especially for something unattainable ; craving • longingly adverb …

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  • 32longing — noun a) An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire. b) The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise Syn: yen …

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  • 33longing — Synonyms and related words: Heimweh, aching, craving, desiderium, desire, fancy, hankering, homesick, homesickness, honing, hunger, languishing, languishment, mal du pays, maladie du pays, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostomania, pining, wish, wishful,… …

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  • 34longing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. yearning, craving, hankering, hunger. See desire. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wanting, deSirous, ravenous; see enthusiastic 2 . n. Syn. yearning, pining, hunger; see deSire 1 , wish 1 . III (Roget s 3 …

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  • 35longing — sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 29 …

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  • 36longing — long·ing || lɔŋɪŋ / lÉ’Å‹ n. yearning, desire, wish, craving adj. having a strong desire for something lɔŋ /lÉ’Å‹ n. long period of time; long object; size for tall men v. yearn, desire, wish for, crave; pine, miss someone or something adj …

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  • 37longing — noun a yearning desire. adjective having or showing a yearning desire. Derivatives longingly adverb …

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  • 38longing — n. Craving, yearning, earnest desire, eager desire, aspiration …

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  • 39longing — n wish, wishing, desire, desideration, want, wanting; yearning, hope, hoping, pining, sighing; hankering, Inf. yen, Sl. itch, fondness, liking, attraction; aspiration, ambition; inclination, predilection, preference, propensity, proclivity;… …

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  • 40longing — long·ing …

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