longing for

ADJECTIVE

envious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distrustful greedy suspicious watchful

WEAK

appetent aspiring begrudging coveting covetous craving desiring desirous fain grasping green with envy green-eyed grudging hankering invidious jaundiced malicious spiteful umbrageous wishful yearning

Antonyms

WEAK

comfortable content kind pleased unenvious

Example Sentences

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"We're watching the news today, with wars, with division, and, like, how much everyone is just so longing for something good to happen," Scoville said.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

His father, Sette Diop, says he is longing for his son to come back home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Like “Bridgerton,” our “Heated Rivalry” obsession is related to a hollow longing for connection pervading society right now.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

She embodied a loveliness, a presence, I was longing for; something I hadn’t found in L.A. — or had lost.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

He smelled of old sweat, and she felt a sudden piercing longing for that Old Spice left behind in Nsukka.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

longing for

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