Longing
1Longing — may refer to:*Longing (album): an unreleased 1974 album by singer Dusty Springfield *Longing (X Japan song): a song by Japanese metalband X Japan *Longing (Helloween song): power ballad by German speed metal band Helloween …
2longing — (n.) “yearning, desire,” O.E. langung longing, weariness, sadness, dejection, from LONG (Cf. long) (v.). Related: Longingly …
3longing — [adj] desirous anxious, ardent, avid, craving, eager, hungry, languishing, pining, ravenous, wishful, wistful, yearning; concept 403 Ant. despising, hating, loathing longing [n] strong desire ambition, aspiration, coveting, craving, fire in the… …
4Longing — Long ing, n. An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. [1913 Webster] Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
5longing — index desire, eager, jealous, predisposition, will (desire) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6longing — ► NOUN ▪ a yearning desire. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing a yearning desire. DERIVATIVES longingly adverb …
7longing — [lôŋ′iŋ] n. [see LONG2] strong desire; yearning adj. feeling or showing a yearning longingly adv …
8longing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, desperate, great, intense, overwhelming, passionate, terrible, wild ▪ She had a desperate longing to go back …
9longing — long|ing [ˈlɔŋıŋ US ˈlo:ŋıŋ] n [singular, U] a strong feeling of wanting something or someone ▪ She looked back with longing on the good old days. longing for ▪ His heart was filled with longing for Cynthia. longing to ▪ She felt a longing to… …
10longing — [[t]lɒ̱ŋɪŋ, AM lɔ͟ːŋ [/t]] longings N VAR: oft N for n, N to inf If you feel longing or a longing for something, you have a rather sad feeling because you want it very much. He felt a longing for the familiar... Imelda spoke of her longing to… …
