Disadvantage or regret caused by loss, absence, or by the deprivation of a person or thing. Chiefly in phrases, as to have (also find,etc.) (a) (gr…

Loss; a privation. Cf. miss, n.1 1 2.

Strong desire or longing; poignant grief or compassion. Also: a feeling of this kind (frequently in plural).

Longing for something lost or missed; regret; desiderium, n. Obsolete.

With of. The feeling aroused by a specified state, condition, or event; a sense of loss, trouble, enjoyment, etc.; awareness; sympathetic…

Sorrow or distress at a loss or deprivation; sadness or longing for (or †of) a person or thing lost or absent. Also: an instance of this (chiefly in p…

An ardent desire or wish; a longing, properly for a thing once possessed and now missed; a sense of loss.