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longing

adjective as in desirous

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noun as in strong desire

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On her own admission, she spent far too much time "longing for boys".

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Surely, some pop fans are longing to behold perfection.

I thought I’d seen the last of Jimmy, but I felt a longing to go north again, a sort of homesickness.

He sought refuge in the church to escape his own carnal longings and found condemnation everywhere, including in the mirror.

Nostalgia, meanwhile, is the feeling of longing for the past - with an item triggering memories.

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