[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

longing \long"ing\, n.
   an eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest
   wish; an aspiration.
   1913 webster

         put on my crown; i have
         immortal longings in me.                 --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

long \long\, v. i. imp.  p. p. longed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   longing. as. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch
   out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang
   long. see long, a.
   1. to feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for
      something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or
      by for or after.
      1913 webster

            i long to see you.                    --rom. i. 11.
      1913 webster

            i have longed after thy precepts.     --ps. cxix.
                                                  40.
      1913 webster

            i have longed for thy salvation.      --ps. cxix.
                                                  174.
      1913 webster

            nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with
            fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   2. to belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. obs.
      1913 webster

            the labor which that longeth unto me. --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
longed longing long 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

longing
     n : prolonged unfulfilled desire or need syn: yearning
see also:
yearning 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "longing":
   heimweh, aching, craving, desiderium, desire, fancy, hankering,
   homesick, homesickness, honing, hunger, languishing, languishment,
   mal du pays, maladie du pays, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostomania,
   pining, wish, wishful, wistful, yearnful, yearning, yen

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