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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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What follows focuses on Martin and Lora’s daughter Josie, who forges a successful life—she goes to Harvard and starts a family—but can never vanquish her longing for her father’s return.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

A memory is unlocked in a pair of slouchy carpenter pants and delicate stacks of golden jewelry, and the longing for home is temporarily satiated.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

Patriots prodigy Drake Maye was left longing for a do-over after his first Super Bowl appearance ended in misery on Sunday.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

And he felt a longing for Aron to love him.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

longing for

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