Bursting and Longing

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Bursting adjective - Containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible.

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Longing and bursting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Longing" instead an adjective "Bursting".

Nearby Words: burst, burster, bursty

Longing noun - A strong wish for something.

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Bursting and longing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bursting" instead an adjective "Longing".

Nearby Words: longed, longingly

At one point near the beginning, Julia gives a woman passing by with a stroller a longing look; later in the film, she gets a letter informing her that her sister is pregnant, and while she tries to express joy she can't help bursting into tears instead.

Source: Law of Inverse Fertility

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