The meaning of LONGING is a strong desire especially for something unattainable : craving. How to use longing in a sentence.
Longing is a manifestation of how grief makes emotions overtake reason and the inherent resilience that sometimes requires you to come back to reality. That reality will be diminished but somehow make you whole."
Add to word list a strong desire: a longing for peace and quiet (Definition of longing from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Synonyms for LONGING: desire, craving, thirst, urge, hunger, yearning, passion, appetite; Antonyms of LONGING: hatred, disgust, nausea, revulsion, repulsion, loathing, distaste, repugnance
A longing is a strong feeling of need or desire for someone or something. If you're stuck in detention and all of your friends are outside enjoying a sunny day, you might be looking out the window with longing.
It is a remake of Gabizon's Israeli film Longing (2017). The premise is of a wealthy businessman who meets up with his ex-girlfriend 20 years after they broke up.
Noun longing (plural longings) An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.
She looked longingly at the silk dresses. (Definition of longing from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of longing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are some feelings so specific that English doesn’t bother to name them. The tug you feel when you leave a place that once felt like home. The strange comfort in sadness. The longing that is both ...