Associations to the word «Longing»

Wiktionary

LONGING, verb. Present participle of long
LONGING, noun. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
LONGING, noun. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

Dictionary definition

LONGING, noun. Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope