longing

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

present participle and gerund of long

Noun

1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

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Lees meer

Sinonieme

yearning

desire

craving

wish

aspiration

nostalgia

desirous

missing

lust

homesickness

hankering

eagerness

anxiety

hungriness

appetite

eager

anxious

eager desire

ardent desire

wishfulness

long for

miss

thirsting

sorrow

thirst

ambition

passion

pining

wishful

desiring

greed

goal

care

expectation

envy

caprice

appetency

bad

👎

dream

😴💭

drab

athirst

appetence

annoying

lovesick

lovelorn

liquorish

melancholy

itching

interest

impulse

Vertalings

Sehnsucht

saudade

désir

nostalgie

anhelo

brama

verlangen

Verlangen

bramosia

özlem

anelito

Sehnen

aspiration

λαχτάρα

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɒŋɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: longynge

Geërf van Old English: langiende

Geërf van Middle English: longinge

Geërf van Old English: longung

In summary

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).