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Longing

verb

/ˈlɒŋɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 5.1

Definitions

1.verbTo take a long position in.

2.verbTo await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

"She longed for him to come back."

3.verbTo be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

4.verbTo belong.

Synonyms

ache yearn yearning desire aspiration wish ambition eagerness feeling nostalgia willingness homesickness

Rhymes With

belonging wronging prolonging thronging twanging bonging belong ing chong hing

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