longingnoun [ S or U ]
uk/ˈlɒŋ.ɪŋ/us/ˈlɑːŋ.ɪŋ/C2 a feeling of wanting something or someone very much:
He gazed at her, his eyes full of longing.
a longing look
a longing for his homeland
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feelings of desire
- appetite
- caprice
- compulsion
- covetous
- craving
- dream
- drive
- get itchy feet idiom
- hankering
- hunger
- impulse buy
- inclination
- lust
- need
- urge
- vaulting
- whim
- wish
- yearning
- yen
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longingly
adverb uk/ˈlɒŋ.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈlɑːŋ.ɪŋ.li/
She gazed longingly at the box of chocolates.