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Definitions for Longing

[1] strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
[2] an instance of this: a sudden longing to see old friends.
[3] having or characterized by persistent or earnest desire: a longing look.
[4] to have an earnest or strong desire or craving; yearn: to long for spring; to long to return home.
[5] Archaic . to be suitable or fitting.
[6] Obsolete . to be the possession; belong.
[7] a prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
[8] having or showing desire or need a longing look
[9] Crawford Williamson. 1815–78, US surgeon. He was the first to use ether as an anaesthetic
[10] having relatively great extent in space on a horizontal plane
[11] having relatively great duration in time
[12] (postpositive) of a specified number of units in extent or duration three hours long (in combination ) a two-foot-long line
[13] having or consisting of a relatively large number of items or parts a long list
[14] having greater than the average or expected range a long memory
[15] being the longer or longest of alternatives the long way to the bank
[16] having more than the average or usual quantity, extent, or duration a long match
[17] seeming to occupy a greater time than is really so she spent a long afternoon waiting in the departure lounge
[18] intense or thorough (esp in the phrase a long look )
[19] (of drinks) containing a large quantity of nonalcoholic beverage
[20] (of a garment) reaching to the wearer's ankles
[21] informal (foll by on) plentifully supplied or endowed (with) long on good ideas
[22] phonetics (of a speech sound, esp a vowel) of relatively considerable duration classified as long, as distinguished from the quality of other vowels (in popular usage) denoting the qualities of the five English vowels in such words as mate, mete, mite, moat, moot, and mute
[23] from end to end; lengthwise
[24] unlikely to win, happen, succeed, etc a long chance
[25] prosody denoting a vowel of relatively great duration or (esp in classical verse) followed by more than one consonant denoting a syllable containing such a vowel (in verse that is not quantitative) carrying the emphasis or ictus
[26] finance having or characterized by large holdings of securities or commodities in anticipation of rising prices a long position
[27] cricket (of a fielding position) near the boundary long leg
[28] informal (of people) tall and slender
[29] in the long run See run (def. 82)
[30] long in the tooth informal old or ageing
[31] for a certain time or period how long will it last?
[32] for or during an extensive period of time long into the next year
[33] at a distant time; quite a bit of time long before I met you ; long ago
[34] finance into a position with more security or commodity holdings than are required by sale contracts and therefore dependent on rising prices for profit to go long
[35] as long as or so long as for or during just the length of time that inasmuch as; since provided that; if
[36] no longer not any more; formerly but not now
[37] a long time (esp in the phrase for long )
[38] a relatively long thing, such as a signal in Morse code
[39] a clothing size for tall people, esp in trousers
[40] phonetics a long vowel or syllable
[41] finance a person with large holdings of a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in its price; bull
[42] music a note common in medieval music but now obsolete, having the time value of two breves
[43] before long soon
[44] the long and the short of it the essential points or facts
[45] (intr; foll by for or an infinitive ) to have a strong desire
[46] (intr) archaic to belong, appertain, or be appropriate
[47] longitude

Words related to Longing

hankering, hunger, wish, aspiration, thirst, yearning, ambition, craving, pining, eager, languishing, urge, itch, yen, anxious, ardent, avid, hungry, ravenous, wishful

Words nearby Longing

longhorn, longi-, longicaudal, longicorn, longies, longing, longinus, longipennate, longirostral, longish, longissimus capitis muscle

Origin of Longing

31150–1200; Middle English longen to be suitable or proper, belong, derivative of long on account (of), attributable (to), dependent (on), Old English gelang belonging (to), dependent (on); see along

Other words from Longing

long·ing·ly , adverb
long·ing·ness , noun

Word origin for Longing

Old English langian to belong, from gelang at hand, belonging to; compare along

Synonyms for Longing

craving, eager, languishing, pining, yearning, anxious, ardent, avid, hungry, ravenous, wishful, wistful