Long and Yearning

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Long verb - Desire strongly or persistently.

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Yearning is a synonym for long. In some cases you can replace term "Yearning" with "Long", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Word: longed

Yearning noun - A strong wish for something.

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Long is a synonym for yearning. Sometimes you can use "Long" instead a verb "Yearning".

Nearby Words: yearned, yearningly

Just rest.' Her long fingers gently and expertly lifted his dark brown hair, stroking the side of his head like a cat, tenderly embracing a brain that was yearning for solace.

Source: Intimate Open Shirt
Ladyhawke - "Paris is Burning" My heart is yearning, but Paris is burning, Paris is burning all night long...

Source: Ear Worm / Music JKL
In the Norwegian book Yearning (Part of a long series called Legend Of The Ice People) a male character was molested as a child and later get "Cured" when falling in love with the heroine.

Source: Rape and Switch

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Yearning and Long. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/long/yearning

Long & Yearning. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/long/yearning>.

Yearning or Long. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/long/yearning.

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