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ˈlɔŋ ɪŋ, ˈlɒŋ-long·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. longing, yearning, hungrinessnoun

    prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

Wiktionary

  1. longingnoun

    An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

  2. longingnoun

    The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Longingnoun

    Earnest desire; continual wish.

    Etymology: from long.

    When within short time I came to the degree of uncertain wishes, and that those wishes grew to unquiet longings, when I would fix my thoughts upon nothing, but that within little varying they should end with Philoclea. Philip Sidney.

    I have a woman’s longing,
    An appetite that I am sick withal,
    To see great Hector in the weeds of peace. William Shakespeare.

    The will is left to the pursuit of nearer satisfactions, and to the removal of those uneasinesses which it then feels in its want of, and longings after, them. John Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. longing

    Longing can be defined as a strong and intense desire or yearning for something or someone that is absent or unattainable. It often involves a feeling of nostalgia, emotional pain, and a sense of incompleteness or dissatisfaction until the desired object or situation is obtained. Longing can manifest in various forms, such as longing for a loved one, a particular experience, a place, or a past time. It is a deeply personal and subjective feeling that can drive individuals to seek fulfillment and pursue their goals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Longing

    of Long

  2. Longingnoun

    an eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration

Wikidata

  1. Longing

    "Longing" is a song by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, written by Yoshiki. The song is a ballad that has been released in several versions, most notably in two different single variations. The first, "Longing ~Togireta Melody~", was released on August 1, 1995 and reached the number 1 spot on the Oricon chart. The second, "Longing ~Setsubou no Yoru~", came out on December 11, 1995 and reached number 5.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of longing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of longing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of longing in a Sentence

  1. Cheng Peng:

    We've won several silver medals and we've been longing for a gold medal, we put in a lot of effort and this gold medal is like a new starting point for us and will push us further. Hopefully we'll win many more.

  2. Franklin Borbor:

    How many of our adolescents and young people sense that (love and happiness) are no longer found in their homes? How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives? How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love?

  3. John Bellows:

    There are better opportunities than shorting the bond market like longing corporates.

  4. Wilhelm von Humboldt:

    Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.

  5. Khalil Gibran:

    The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements, compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love.

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