longing
noun
[ ˈlɒŋɪŋ ]
• a yearning desire.
• "Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days"
Similar:
yearning,
pining,
craving,
ache,
burning,
hunger,
thirst,
itch,
urge,
lust,
hankering,
need,
eagerness,
zeal,
covetousness,
wish,
fancy,
desire,
want,
hope,
aspiration,
dream,
yen,
longing
adjective
• having or showing a yearning desire.
• "her longing eyes"
Similar:
yearning,
desirous,
pining,
craving,
hungry,
thirsty,
hankering,
avid,
covetous,
wishful,
hopeful,
wistful,
long
verb
• have a strong wish or desire.
• "she longed for a little more excitement"
Similar:
yearn,
pine,
ache,
wish,
burn,
hanker for/after,
hunger,
thirst,
itch,
pant,
hope,
be eager,
be desperate,
be consumed with desire,
be unable to wait,
would give one's eye teeth,
crave,
need,
lust after,
dream of,
set one's heart on,
be bent on,
eat one's heart out over,
covet,
want,
desire,
set one's sights on,
have a yen,
be dying,
yen,
Origin:
Old English langian ‘grow long, prolong’, also ‘dwell in thought, yearn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch langen ‘present, offer’ and German langen ‘reach, extend’.
