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longing
noun
(long-ing)
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Synonyms:
hungriness
,
yearning
,
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yearning
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yearn
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lust
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nostalgia
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desire
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thirst
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feeling
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aspiration
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sense
,
eagerness
,
quest
,
homesickness
,
itch
,
wish
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ambition
,
envy
,
taste
,
willingness
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rush
,
empty
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precipitate
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vacuum
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suction
,
yen
,
craving
,
emptiness
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melancholy
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hankering
,
hopefulness
,
despair
,
lonesomeness
,
contentment
,
loneliness
,
forlornness
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ennui
,
wistfulness
,
aloneness
,
heartbreak
,
love
,
sorrow
,
desolation
,
thirsts
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affection
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romanticism
,
hungers
,
joyousness
,
joy
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sadness
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dailiness
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feelings
,
pangs
,
ache
,
inwardness
,
boundlessness
,
rootlessness
,
anguish
,
languor
,
disquietude
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solitude
,
reveries
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ruefulness
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rootedness
,
endlessness
,
pensiveness
,
bitterness
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everydayness
,
blissfulness
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contentedness
,
soul
,
bliss
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enchantment
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mundaneness
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stirrings
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angst
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ambivalence
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griefs
,
jubilance
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wanderlust
,
exhilaration
,
worldliness
,
heartache
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daydreams
,
moroseness
,
dread
,
stillness
,
mournfulness
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idealism
,
jadedness
,
unquiet
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passion
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transcendence
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alienation
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ardor
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fleetingness
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happiness
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tristesse
,
evanescence
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lament
,
deracination
,
brokenness
,
longing
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