Longing - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlɔːŋɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word longing
Brit.  |ˈlɒŋɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word longing
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to long

noun

- prolonged unfulfilled desire or need (syn: yearning)

Extra examples

They looked with longing toward freedom.

She cast a look of longing at the shop window.

She looked back with longing on the good old days.

His heart was filled with longing for Cynthia.

She felt a longing to throw herself into his arms.

After many years of war, people on both sides were longing for peace.

...a combat-weary soldier longing for the normalcy of peacetime life...

He was longing for a shower.

I'm longing for a smoke.

He quickened his pace, longing to be home.

After she left me I was longing for a change in my life.

Word forms

noun
singular: longing
plural: longings
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