The rescued refugees were longing for freedom.
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Longing
//ˈlɔːŋɪŋ//
Synonyms for "longing" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mall noun (melancholic desire)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πόθος noun (melancholic desire)
- ὄρεξις noun (melancholic desire)
Arabic
2 entries- شوق noun (melancholic desire)
- شَوْق noun (melancholic desire)
Bulgarian
1 entries- копнеж noun (melancholic desire)
Catalan
2 entries- enyor noun (melancholic desire)
- enyorança noun (melancholic desire)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 渴望 noun (melancholic desire)
Czech
2 entries- tesknění noun (melancholic desire)
- touha noun (melancholic desire)
Dutch
1 entries- verlangen noun (melancholic desire)
Esperanto
1 entries- sopiro noun (melancholic desire)
Finnish
3 entries- ikävä noun (melancholic desire)
- kaipaus noun (melancholic desire)
- kaipuu noun (melancholic desire)
French
1 entries- nostalgie noun (melancholic desire)
Galician
4 entries- estranía noun (melancholic desire)
- morriña noun (melancholic desire)
- saudade noun (melancholic desire)
- soidade noun (melancholic desire)
German
3 entries- Sehnen noun (melancholic desire)
- Sehnsucht noun (melancholic desire)
- Verlangen noun (melancholic desire)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹 noun (melancholic desire)
Hebrew
3 entries- גַּעְגּוּעַ noun (melancholic desire)
- כְּמִיהָה noun (melancholic desire)
- כיסופים \ כִּסּוּפִים noun (melancholic desire)
Hungarian
1 entries- vágyódás noun (melancholic desire)
Ingrian
1 entries- kaiho noun (melancholic desire)
Irish
1 entries- cumha noun (melancholic desire)
Italian
4 entries- anelito noun (melancholic desire)
- brama noun (melancholic desire)
- bramosia noun (melancholic desire)
- desiderio noun (melancholic desire)
Japanese
2 entries- 切望 noun (melancholic desire)
- 憧れ noun (melancholic desire)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pamagdulap noun (melancholic desire)
Korean
1 entries- 갈망 noun (melancholic desire)
Latin
1 entries- dēsīderium noun (melancholic desire)
Latvian
2 entries- ilgas noun (melancholic desire)
- ilgošanās noun (melancholic desire)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ilgesys noun (melancholic desire)
Macedonian
1 entries- копнеж noun (melancholic desire)
Malay
3 entries- hasrat noun (melancholic desire)
- kehendak noun (melancholic desire)
- rindu noun (melancholic desire)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lengsel noun (melancholic desire)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lengsel noun (melancholic desire)
- lengsle noun (melancholic desire)
Persian
1 entries- سودا noun (melancholic desire)
Polish
2 entries- pragnienie noun (melancholic desire)
- tęsknota noun (melancholic desire)
Portuguese
1 entries- saudade f for something absent only noun (melancholic desire)
Romanian
1 entries- dor noun (melancholic desire)
Russian
1 entries- тоска́ noun (melancholic desire)
Sanskrit
2 entries- छन्दस् noun (melancholic desire)
- वनस् noun (melancholic desire)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- cianalas noun (melancholic desire)
- fadachd noun (melancholic desire)
- iarraidh noun (melancholic desire)
- ionndrainn noun (melancholic desire)
Spanish
2 entries- anhelo noun (melancholic desire)
- añoranza noun (melancholic desire)
Swedish
1 entries- längtan noun (melancholic desire)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ñyās noun (melancholic desire)
Turkish
2 entries- hasret noun (melancholic desire)
- özlem noun (melancholic desire)
Urdu
1 entries- اشتیاق noun (melancholic desire)
Welsh
1 entries- hiraeth noun (melancholic desire)
Yiddish
1 entries- בענקשאַפֿט noun (melancholic desire)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Students are longing for the vacation.
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We are longing for world peace.
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Homesickness is a longing to go back to where you are from.
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