Longing and Necessity

Longing

Longing noun - A strong wish for something.

Usage example: by four o'clock in the afternoon, I usually experience a strong longing for chocolate

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Necessity and longing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Necessity" instead a noun "Longing".

Nearby Words: longed, longingly

Necessity noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.

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Longing and necessity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Longing" instead a noun "Necessity".

emotional	emotional longing	emotional necessity
many	many longing	many necessity
constant	constant longing	constant necessity
social	social longing	social necessity
Other adjectives: aesthetic, desperate, apparent.

In other words, it's like a solemn lament to the necessity of one last, desperate battle to take out a superweapon raining death on a country that has already won the war, forcing the soldiers to fight one last battle to secure the peace they've been longing for all this time.

Source: Cherubic Choir

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