longing
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desireAn earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
» She never told anyone about her secret longings.
Sie hat nie jemandem etwas über ihre geheimen Sehnsüchte erzählt. — Espi
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2 sensesAn earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
Sehnsucht, Sehnen, Verlangen
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The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.
- prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Examples
1 sentencesShe never told anyone about her secret longings.
deSie hat nie jemandem etwas über ihre geheimen Sehnsüchte erzählt. — Espi
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desirFrom Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langungō, gerund of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (gerund ending).
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Forms
plural: longingsSynonyms
2 synonyms- prolonged unfulfilled desire or need:yearninghungriness
Word family
4 related wordsSee also
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