longing in English

adjective

1

having or showing yearning desire.

her longing eyes

synonyms: yearning, pining, craving, hungry, thirsty, hankering, wistful, covetous

noun

1

a yearning desire.

Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days

synonyms: yearning, pining, craving, ache, burning, hunger, thirst, hankering, yen, itch

verb

1

have a strong wish or desire.

she longed for a little more excitement

synonyms: yearn for, pine for, ache for, hanker for/after, hunger for, thirst for, itch for, be eager for, be desperate for, crave, dream of, set one's heart on, have a yen for, be dying for

adjective

• yearning, pining, craving, hungry, thirsty, hankering, wistful, covetous

noun

• yearning, pining, craving, ache, burning, hunger, thirst, hankering, yen, itch
• hungriness, yearning

verb

• yearn for, pine for, ache for, hanker for/after, hunger for, thirst for, itch for, be eager for, be desperate for, crave, dream of, set one's heart on, have a yen for, be dying for
• hanker, yearn

Use "longing" in a sentence

1. A foreigner’s longing for peace

2. People are longing for peace.

3. I'm longing to meet her.

4. We are longing to see you.

5. I'm longing for news of him.

6. They're so longing to see you.

7. His voice was husky with longing .

8. He felt a longing for the familiar.

9. His heart burned with longing for revenge.

10. Contentment is not a new longing

11. I'm longing to see you again.

12. In time, our longing for it will grow.

13. Mother's longing for her son to come home.

14. She had a desperate longing to go back.

15. To death she looked with inexpressible longing.

16. The children are longing for the holidays.

17. He quickened his pace , longing to be home.

18. Imelda spoke of her longing to return home.

19. Concupiscence is an ardent, usually sensual, longing

20. 1 “I am longing to see you . . .

21. What if she should requite his longing?

22. These, that germinate the seeds of longing.

23. Form a longing for the word (1-3)

24. ▪ Develop a greater longing for God’s word.

25. No answer, only formless rage, and a fierce longing.

26. All eyes are on the longing of his body.

27. How can youths cultivate a longing for Bible reading?

28. The children are longing for Santa Claus to arrive.

29. A sort of undefined longing crept upon them.

30. His heart was filled with longing for Cynthia.

31. So this is what you've been longing for.

32. She was longing for some peace and privacy.

33. Spiritual adults also need to keep on nurturing that longing.

34. 12 The vision leaves an indefinable longing and regret.

35. He gazed at her, his eyes full of longing.

36. Life is persistent longing, that adapts and transforms is architecture.

37. Longing for my destiny to come surrounded by all eunuchs

38. A longing to enlighten her was strong in him.

39. How can we “form a longing” for spiritual food?

40. You need to “form a longing” for God’s Word.

41. He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past.

42. He gave a longing look at the ice cream.

43. Craving definition is - an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing

44. For the Renaissance: a reverential longing to recapture classical antiquity.

45. She was filled with longing to hear his voice again.

46. Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.

47. He has been longing for her ever since she left.

48. Ah, my soul itself Appalleth, In such longing thoughts it falleth

49. Aspiration definition, a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual Aspirations

50. Yet, there is no record of his longing for those things.