Definition of LONGING

longing

Plural: longings

Noun

  • A strong, persistent desire or yearning.
  • prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  • An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
  • The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

Verb

  • desire strongly or persistently
  • present participle and gerund of long

Examples

  • A deep LONGING for a ’Z’ consumed the Words With Friends player.

Origin / Etymology

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).

Scrabble Score: 9

longing: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
longing: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
longing: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

longing: valid Words With Friends Word