Longing and Musing

Longing

Longing noun - A strong wish for something.

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

Nearby Words: longed, longingly

Musing adjective - Given to or marked by long, quiet thinking.

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Longing and musing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Longing" instead an adjective "Musing".

Nearby Words: muse, mused, musingly

generic	generic longing	generic musing
philosophical	philosophical longing	philosophical musing

Many a poem is of the poet being unable to sleep, climbing to the top of a pavillion (optional), staring at the moon and musing about their sad fate (mostly being demoted and Reassigned to Antarctica) and/or their longing for home.

Source: Melancholy Moon

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