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longing

noun US /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

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Rank 2,657 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 23,979 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need also: yearning, hungriness

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

longing in real books

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  • It was wistful--almost a cry of longing.

    Mr. Achilles · Jennette Lee · Chapter 1

  • It was a great temptation, and he felt a longing to go.

    Frank Merriwell's Chums · Burt L. Standish · Chapter 1

  • Castro and Spadoni seemed to be stirred with longing at the mention of such a sum.

    The Enemies of Women · Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · Chapter 1

  • I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all round our foothills.

    Romance · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1

  • But while we're waiting patiently, And longing for the day, They have a funny little game They make us fellows play.

    Rookie rhymes, by the men of the 1st and 2nd · Plattsburgh Barracks (N.Y.) · Chapter 1

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