longingly
In wistful desire
Longingly describes doing something with yearning or wistful desire, especially for something distant, lost, or unattainable: She gazed longingly at the dessert case.
The word often suggests a mixture of hope and sadness—wanting something you can't easily have: He looked back longingly at his hometown as the train pulled away.
Sadly longing for something
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
reflective · misty-eyed · pensive · homesick · remember · bygone · poignant · rueful
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
melancholic · reflective · misty-eyed · pensive · homesick · remember · bygone · poignant · rueful · contemplative
heartache
Deep emotional distress
smitten · infatuated · unrequited · mooning · adoring · devoted · besotted · enamored · swooning · heartsick
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
thirst · hanker · pine · covet · want · wish · hope · dream · sigh · languish
longinglyindifferently
Without preference or concern
apathetically · unconcernedly · dispassionately · disinterestedly · impassively
longinglydisgustedly
With strong repulsion
aversely · disdainfully · contemptuously · loathingly · scornfully
- longing forIntense persistent desire toward
- romantic longingHeartache for desired person
- spiritual longingDesire for transcendence
- unrequited longing
- wistful longingMelancholy desire for something distant