The meaning of Longing

noun

A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body.

Usage examples:

The ache in her head worsened

verb

Suffer from a continuous dull pain.

Usage examples:

My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

noun

A hope or ambition of achieving something.

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The needs and aspirations of the people

A cherished desire

adjective

Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.

Usage examples:

An avid reader of science fiction

adjective

Extremely eager or interested

Usage examples:

Knowles is an avid runner and cross-country skier., we listened avidly to the news from our secret …

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.

Usage examples:

He was treated in hospital for burns to his hands

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

There is a burn running through the flower beds

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

adjective

Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

Usage examples:

She fingered the linen with covetous hands

adjective

Wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else

Usage examples:

I can't help casting covetous looks at my neighbour's new porsche.

noun

A strong wish to have something, especially something that belongs to someone else

Usage examples:

Covetousness is condemned as a great sin., it is the type of sports car that excites lustful coveto…

verb

Feel a powerful desire for (something).

Usage examples:

If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

verb

To desire something strongly

Usage examples:

The neglected kids just crave attention.

noun

A powerful desire for something.

Usage examples:

A craving for chocolate

verb

Feel a powerful desire for (something).

Usage examples:

If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

noun

A strong or uncontrollable desire

Usage examples:

We had a craving for zucchini bread.

noun

A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

Usage examples:

He resisted public desires for choice in education

verb

Strongly wish for or want (something).

Usage examples:

He never achieved the status he so desired

noun

A strong feeling of wanting something, or something you want

Usage examples:

[ u ] he claims to have no desire for wealth., [ c ] she expressed a desire to speak with her attor…

adjective

Having or characterized by desire.

Usage examples:

The pope was desirous of peace in europe

adjective

Wanting something

Usage examples:

The duke is desirous of meeting you.

noun

A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.

Usage examples:

I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights

verb

Experience dreams during sleep.

Usage examples:

I dreamed about her last night

noun

The activities, images, and feelings experienced by the mind during sleep

Usage examples:

In the dream i had last night, someone was chasing me, but i didn’t know who it was., it was his dr…

noun

Enthusiasm to do or to have something; keenness.

Usage examples:

The player showed eagerness to play

noun

The state of wanting to do or have something very much, especially something interesting or enjoyable

Usage examples:

In their eagerness to find a solution, they have overlooked certain difficulties., the book describ…

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

noun

A strong desire to have or do something.

Usage examples:

A hankering for family life

verb

Feel a strong desire for or to do something.

Usage examples:

He hankered after a lost golden age

noun

A strong wish

Usage examples:

Have a hankering for don't you ever have a hankering for a different lifestyle?

noun

A feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.

Usage examples:

He looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information

verb

Want something to happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

He's hoping for an offer of compensation

noun

The feeling that something desired can be had or will happen

Usage examples:

[ u ] we never entirely gave up hope., [ u ] this research offers hope of developing better ways to…

adjective

Feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event.

Usage examples:

A hopeful sign

noun

A person likely or hoping to succeed.

Usage examples:

Promotion hopefuls huddersfield

noun

A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.

Usage examples:

She was faint with hunger

verb

Have a strong desire or craving for.

Usage examples:

He hungered for a sense of self-worth

noun

The uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach caused by the need for or lack of food

Usage examples:

Mother teresa devoted her life to fighting hunger in the poorest parts of the world., a hunger for …

adjective

Feeling or showing the need for food.

Usage examples:

I was feeling ravenously hungry

adjective

Feeling the need to eat because there has been a period of time when you have not eaten

Usage examples:

The children are always hungry when they get home from school., they were poor and often went to be…

suffix

Having a great need or wish for the stated thing

Usage examples:

Capital-/cash-/money-hungry, energy-/power-hungry the energy-hungry transportation sector was weak …

noun

An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.

Usage examples:

But shortly after ben began eating his lunch, his child-care provider noticed he seemed to be tryin…

verb

Be the site of or cause an itch.

Usage examples:

The bite itched like crazy

verb

To have an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub it with something hard

Usage examples:

My insect bites are itching., i have an itch on the back of my neck., [ + to infinitive ] he has an…

noun

Strong sexual desire.

Usage examples:

He knew that his lust for her had returned

verb

Have strong sexual desire for someone.

Usage examples:

He really lusted after me in those days

verb

Require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable.

Usage examples:

I need help now

noun

Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity.

Usage examples:

The basic human need for food

verb

Breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement.

Usage examples:

He was panting when he reached the top

noun

A short, quick breath.

Usage examples:

Robyn was breathing rather fast, in shallow pants

noun

Underpants or knickers.

noun

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

Usage examples:

Hollyhock landed in a low branch of a pine tree, and dangled there as she tried to find a way to ge…

verb

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.

Usage examples:

She thinks i am pining away from love

noun

An evergreen tree that has thin leaves like needles and that grows in cool northern regions, or the wood of these trees

Usage examples:

Bradley pined for his wife, who was far away.

verb

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.

Usage examples:

She thinks i am pining away from love

noun

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

Usage examples:

Hollyhock landed in a low branch of a pine tree, and dangled there as she tried to find a way to ge…

noun

A pineapple.

noun

A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.

Usage examples:

They quenched their thirst with spring water

verb

Have a strong desire for something.

Usage examples:

An opponent thirsting for revenge

noun

The need or desire to drink something, esp. water

Usage examples:

He took a long drink of water to quench his thirst., she slaked her thirst for knowledge by reading…

adjective

Feeling a need to drink.

Usage examples:

The guides were hot and thirsty

adjective

Needing to drink something

Usage examples:

She was very thirsty but took only a few sips of water., fig. always thirsty for power, he would do…

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

Usage examples:

Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

Usage examples:

I want an apple

noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

Usage examples:

Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

verb

Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.

Usage examples:

We wished for peace

noun

A desire or hope for something to happen.

Usage examples:

The union has reiterated its wish for an agreement

adjective

Having or expressing a desire or hope for something to happen.

Usage examples:

I had heard the same wishful tone over the phone

adjective

Imagining or discussing what you wish or hope for, especially when this is very unlikely to happen

Usage examples:

It would be great if we could get the entire class back together for a reunion, but that might be a…

adjective

Imagining or discussing what you wish or hope for, especially when this is very unlikely to happen

Usage examples:

It would be great if we could get the entire class back together for a reunion, but that might be a…

adjective

Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.

Usage examples:

A wistful smile

adjective

Sad and thinking about something that is impossible or past

Usage examples:

She cast a wistful glance at the bridal gowns in the window., she spoke wistfully of their early ye…

verb

Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.

Usage examples:

She yearned for a glimpse of him

verb

To desire something strongly, esp. something difficult or impossible to obtain

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] joy yearns to earn enough money from her job as a doctor’s assistant for her to…

noun

A feeling of intense longing for something.

Usage examples:

He felt a yearning for the mountains

adjective

Involving or expressing yearning.

Usage examples:

A yearning hope

verb

Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.

Usage examples:

She yearned for a glimpse of him

noun

The basic monetary unit of japan.

Usage examples:

Whether it be for the lure of dollars or yen, or the start of a coaching career back in france rema…

verb

Feel a longing or yearning.

Usage examples:

It's no use yenning for the old simplicities

noun

Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.

Usage examples:

His zeal for privatization

noun

Great enthusiasm or interest

Usage examples:

Religious zeal, [ + to infinitive ] in his zeal to get his work finished on time, he made a lot of …