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Definition of Longing
1. Noun. Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.
Generic synonyms: Desire
Specialized synonyms: Hankering, Yen, Pining, Wishfulness, Wistfulness, Nostalgia, Discontent, Discontentedness, Discontentment
Derivative terms: Hungry, Long, Yearn, Yearn
Definition of Longing
1. n. An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.
Definition of Longing
1. Verb. (present participle of long) ¹
2. Noun. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire. ¹
3. Noun. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Longing
1. a strong desire [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longing
Literary usage of Longing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Main Currents in Nineteenth, Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1906)
"XIII longing—"THE BLUE FLOWER" I HAVE described Romantic "soul" as intensity,
without endeavour or desire, as the glowing furnace in which liberty was ..."
2. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"There was a 'longing FOR THE PORK- PIES." him, day by by week, until sorbed all
other came the one life. day, on his usu- he tramped de- and down the about ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"w WHY THUS longing? HY thus longing, thus forever sighing, For the far-off,
unattained, and dim, While the beautiful, all round thee lying, Offers up its ..."
4. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... no matter of what sort, to invent some kind of story. Impossible! He was beset
by the image of Madame Arnoux; he felt a longing to run in order to ..."
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