LONGING


Meaning of LONGING in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep , desperate , great , intense , overwhelming , passionate , terrible , wild

She had a desperate ~ to go back.

▪ sudden

▪ hopeless

▪ nostalgic , wistful

a wistful ~ for the past

▪ secret

▪ physical , sexual

▪ human

human ~ for truth and meaning

VERB + LONGING

▪ be filled with , be full of , feel , have

He felt an overwhelming ~ to hear her voice again.

▪ satisfy

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

his intense ~ for privacy

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .