Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
longing
IPA transcription: [l'ɔŋɪŋ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
longing, yearning, hungriness
Meaning:
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Usage examples
"Now, Beth," said Amy, longing for her turn, but ready to wait.
I have a longing for life, and I go on living in spite of logic.
Perhaps he had been quite cured of his longing for a hard heart like hers.
I have a great longing to go there, so that when I think of it I am very sad.
When Genji was an exile on the sea-coast, many people had been longing for his return.
A wild longing to be gone from this kindly prison--to get away from the thought of the girl.
"I haven't finished," said Polly, snipping away vigorously, and longing to get back to mamsie.
At length his intolerable longing for repose overcame his politeness and he returned to the attack.
All day she hid and waited, and the following days were filled with longing, but he never came again.
Let us here notice that the young daughter of Udaijin, after she saw Genji, was longing to see him again.