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Meanings of longing in English

Portuguese
desejo
Catalan
desig
Spanish
hambre

Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.

desejo
Usage of longing in English
1
But the Great War had also unleashed a longing for individual redemption.
Climbing Magazine
2
Maggots did indeed appear-squirmingalong the veil, longing to reach the meat.
Wired
3
I feel the same way, but these years have normalised the longing.
The Guardian
4
Themes of physical strength, activism and longing emerge from a digressional text.
The Guardian
5
Another writer stresses the efficacy of longing no less strongly; speaking of
The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poe...
6
Released in 1993 it said everything about unrequited love, lust and longing.
The Irish Times
7
His emotions, though, she felt those-hopeand longing and fear and anger.
Ink Exchange
8
All the misery and longing of months went out in that letter.
Love, the Fiddler
9
She was a free spirit, and he lived uncomfortably with his longing.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
10
There was such longing in her voice as she said the word.
Haunted
11
The greatness of the sin provoked the passionate longing to save her.
Great Possessions
12
Only the restlessness, the inappeasable longing in her heart had not changed.
Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage
13
By the time they arrived home, she'd be longing for his kisses.
Midnight hero
14
He walked his room in the darkness longing to smash and tear.
The Research Magnificent
15
But my dear, I have been simply longing for you to ring.
Three ways to capsize a boat: an optimist afloat
16
Yet we find him longing to share in the sufferings of Christ.
Sermons on Biblical Characters
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Translations for longing
Spanish
hambresed
Longing through the time
Longing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common