longed
Meaning of longed
- have a strong wish or desire.
she longed for a little more excitement
we are longing to see the new baby
Old English langian ‘grow long, prolong’, also ‘dwell in thought, yearn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch langen ‘present, offer’ and German langen ‘reach, extend’.
verb, past tense- exercise (a horse) on a lunge.
it seemed wise to lunge him first, as he had not been ridden for days
early 18th century: from French longe, from allonge ‘lengthening out’.
Information about longed
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Hyphenation of longed
longed
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- longed is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
longed synonyms
Meaning have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from:
Meaning an evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine:
Meaning suffer from a continuous dull pain:
Meaning feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen:
Meaning (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood:
Meaning have a strong desire or craving for:
Meaning have a strong desire for something:
Meaning feel a restless or strong desire to do something:
Meaning breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement:
Meaning want something to happen or be the case:
Meaning feel a powerful desire for (something):
Meaning require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable:
Meaning yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another):
Meaning have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for:
Meaning strongly wish for or want (something):
Meaning the basic monetary unit of Japan:
Anagrams of longed
DeLong, Delong, dongle, engold, Glendo, Golden, golden
Words that rhyme with longed
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