Longing
['lɒŋɪŋ] or ['lɔŋɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Long
(n.) An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Craving, yearning, hankering, itching, aspiration, breathing, continual wish, earnest desire, wistful eye, lickerish tooth.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Eagerness, desire, aspiration, craving, yearning, wishing
ANT:Indifference, repugnance, aversion
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Examples
- And she looked around as if longing to tell him so. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Tarzan shook his head, and an expression of wistful and pathetic longing sobered his laughing eyes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It is not the daughter of Cadmus I see, nor do I realize her fatal longing to look on Jove in the majesty of his god-head. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tell us all about it, cried Mr. Laurence, who had been longing to lend the lovers a hand, but knew that they would refuse his help. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And she paddled softly, lingeringly, longing for him to say something meaningful to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now, Beth, said Amy, longing for her turn, but ready to wait. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And at the remembrance of her taunting words, his brow grew stern, though his heart beat thick with longing love. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- However, it is no use longing for the impossible, so it is to be hoped my Melnosians will recover without the aid of medical science. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The great face was so sad, so earnest, so longing, so patient. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was about the necklace, which she was now most earnestly longing to return, and hoped to obtain his approbation of her doing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A longing to enlighten her was strong in him; and there were moments when he imagined that all she asked was to be enlightened. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I am longing for Caleb to come and hear what wonderful progress Christy is making. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He could not deny that a secret longing for the assurance that she loved him was at the root of all his words. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He waited awhile, longing for her to say something, even a taunt, to which he might reply. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Gentlemen, if I had less of a conscience, I should not wish you to bid high for this lot--I have a longing for it myself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My heart almost died within me; miserable longings strained its chords. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- With this beautiful world I am content, but you rack your soul with longings for the life beyond the grave. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I'm consumed by the same wants and the same longings. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Her eagerness, her impatience, her longings to be with them, were such as to bring a line or two of Cowper's Tirocinium for ever before her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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