LONGING Synonyms

• prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

• a cherished desire

• a strong drive for success

• have as one's ambition

• a will to succeed

• a cherished desire

• a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

• the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

• an intense desire for some particular thing

• the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• an inclination to want things

• something that is desired

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• expect and wish

• express a desire for

• a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

• prompt willingness

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

• a yearning for something or to do something

• a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

• strong desire for something (not food or drink)

• feel the need to eat

• have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

• be hungry; go without food

• a condition requiring relief

• anything that is necessary but lacking

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution

• require as useful, just, or proper

• have need of

• have or feel a need for

• a feeling of deep longing

• a physiological need to drink

• strong desire for something (not food or drink)

• feel the need to drink

• have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

• an instinctive motive

• a strong restless desire

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• push for something

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• a state of extreme poverty

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• anything that is necessary but lacking

• a specific feeling of desire

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• have need of

• hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

• wish or demand the presence of

• be without, lack; be deficient in

• a specific feeling of desire

• an expression of some desire or inclination

• (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare

• the particular preference that you have

• to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something

• make or express a wish

• feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of

• order politely; express a wish for

• invoke upon

• a yearning for something or to do something

• the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

• wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)

• the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

• desire strongly or persistently

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

• have affection for; feel tenderness for