longing

A strong persistent yearning or desire, especially one that cannot be fulfilled.

An eager desire; an earnest wish or craving.

Specifically, in pathology, one of the peculiar and often whimsical desires experienced by pregnant women.

An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.

Present participle of long.

An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need